Happenings, Gifts, and Flat Out Cute

You can tell by the title that there's no real theme here... or a few too many.

Eamon has been getting out more. The funniest has been exposing him to other wee ones - they don't seem to like listening to each other cry and can't figure out what that unholy noise is. Hee. So one visit this week was to see Ann, Mike, and Ava- Ann and I couldn't resist when we had both boys with their little ones. 

When Eamon received a onesie that read "My Daddy Rocks" from the Rapps, there was only one possible result.. Rock Band photo session. (Cheryl, Steph, no photos to go with the other onesie, sorry.)

Drums:

Singing, and just being too cool to sing:

And a few just plain cute pics, in fencing pose (for my mom), enjoying his bouncer, and showing off the stylish carseat blanket and hat set from Jen and family.

Equally cute: Ray had to do a model session for the pants his mom made. These amused me, enjoy. 

Over the River and Through the Woods...

Eamon has been running the rounds of his relatives, and finally got to meet all of his grandparents. We went down to La Junta to see my parents, and Ray's parents came and visited us here.

Anyway, Eamon seems to have decided that grandfathers are for sleeping on.

My dad in particular liked this program. It's good that they could share their likes so early in life. And the close up of this moment... how cute is he? (yeah, I'm biased) It's so exhausting being Eamon.

Grandpa Ray had the added bonus of being a lap for furchildren as well... this is skill.

I think the grandmothers got more open-eye time. Eamon shared quiet secrets with Grandma Sherry, while Grandma Laura explained to him how the world works.

Now we just have to convince Ray's siblings to come this way...

Hee!

I need to get everything together and post grandparent pictures. However, in the meantime.. this just cracks us up. Look closely.

Not a hand. The kid is flexible (and he got into this position on his own).

The Baumgartner Clan

Two posts in one day, that should keep everyone happy. :)

My siblings came by yesterday, and Eamon got his first exposure to the Baumgartner clan. Lots of love for the little one, although it's pretty amusing to watch the boys who aren't used to holding babies. All of them learned quickly, and Eamon enjoyed being passed. As best as we can tell, anyway.. he sleeps a lot.

There are more pics on the album (click on any picture (Missy, let me know if you want higher resolution versions)), but here are the highlights:

Aunt Missy and Uncle Steve got first shots.

The cousins each got a chance. Steven got a helping hand. Kaya was a total pro. Mike was quickly texting photos of the baby in his lap.

Uncle Mike was a little nervous, but adapted quickly as well. Now we're on to the first round of grandparents, so it's a good thing he's hard to spoil at this point. Then we have to figure out how to get to Aunt Laura and the other Uncle Steve (the self-nominated "Crazy Uncle Steve").

A few pics

We've had lots of picture requests, so here are a couple of quickies.

For Heather... and because I went into shock when I saw this.. things have changed quickly, but here's a pic from the last week of pregnancy:

Things are looking a bit more, shall we say, agile now:

Eamon in tummy time is just cute. Hard to get him out of the fetal pose, so here's his version of child's play - a yogi at a young age.

And Eamon gets lots of spa time with those laser sharp nails. This pic just cracks me up.

Poser

Everyone wants to know how the cats are reacting to Eamon. Donut is indifferent, Smoke is freaked, Marco is highly curious, and Bernie doesn't know what to think:

We've received many generous gifts for Eamon's care and feeding, but I did get one that just cracked me up (others may appear later... and thank you all for your generosity). Patty and Bart found a pfd for him... it's 8-30 lbs, but it looks like it'll be a little bit before it fits.

And Brad and Dawn provided a selection of bathing and diapering goods, and there's little out there that's as cute as a baby in a hooded towel.

The doctor correctly pointed out that Eamon loves to pose. Given his grumpy old man looks, most of his poses come as some variation of "mob boss". But we wanted to share a few favorites.

JELLYFISH:

REBEL:

THINKER: