Zeeke only had a few hours respite from teething pain before a second molar started moving in on the other side of his mouth. He's producing gallons of drool a day and we are getting used to being wet.
To keep things interesting, he started expelling saliva by doing lots of raspberries. He's doing shorter, more efficient feeds. He discovered his feet a while back but has really gotten obsessed with them this week. He spends a lot of time in the "happy baby" yoga pose. After spending a lot of last week exploring Daddy's face with his hands, this week he's moved onto Mommy's face. He's also really loving Karen's jazzy rendition of the ABCs and Steve's version of Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares For Me."
On Monday, Zeeke went to two Labor Day parties. The first was at Liz & Kate's house. We admired their decorating and homemade pickles. The second party was at Sharri & Paul's house, where Zeeke had a great time playing with baby Nate while his parents had fun with the adults.
On Tuesday, Steve's parents came for a visit and brought us some lovely New Jersey corn, peaches and tomatoes. Zeeke rewarded them with a little showcase of the skills he's picked up.
Karen's dad and his girlfriend Joy came for a visit on Wednesday. They took Karen and Zeeke for lunch on Passyunk and had a great photo shoot between naps and bouts of mouth pain.
Thursday was a tough day with teething.
Friday, Karen and Zeeke went to the library, where Zeeke is really getting at home with all the library staff. The rest of Friday was spent packing for the shore, a massage for Karen's overworked back, and a visit from Dena.
On Saturday, Steve's brother Jay, his wife Brenda, and their daughter Avery were in town for a visit. We took them to the Sister Cities Park and they treated us to brunch at the Four Seasons. After getting home and packing the car for the trip, we went to Steve's parents' 50th Anniversary Party. We had a great time celebrating and Zeeke picked up lots of new admirers, including Steve's Aunt Cissy who seemed pretty smitten with the boy. After the party, a tuckered out Zeeke slept for the entire rainy drive to the beach and slept pretty well at our shore rental.
On Sunday, we woke up bright and early and got breakfast at the Chicken and the Egg, where almost every table stopped up to admire Zeeke. Vacationers are going to give this guy a big head. After a walk on the beach, we met up with Jen & Eric and Laura & Paul for lunch at the Holiday Snack Bar. Later on Katie, Dave & Greta bicycled by for a visit and then we met up again later for dinner at the Blue Water Cafe. Sadly, most of the restaurants here have been proving a bit noisy for Zeeke to relax at, except for Holiday despite lots of bumps to his stroller as we made our way through the crowd.