Between trouble getting him to sleep and way too many early wake-ups, we had a pretty sleep-deprived week, except for Saturday morning when he let us sleep in late. To combat his contant growing, we raised his exersaucer to the tallest setting. For a few days, Steve was able to get Zeeke to crack up laughing by lifting him into the air and then lowering him quickly. Karen taught Zeeke a new yoga pose called The Bridge. And finally, though it's hard to believe, he somehow loves to suck on his toes more and more each week.
Riding a wave of success in driving solo with Zeeke, Karen took him to storytime at the Central branch on Monday. They had a great time with Jen & the twins and Dena. And then Tara joined them all for lunch at The Kite & The Key.
Tuesday, Karen and Zeeke went to Dena's for muffins and gingerbread and then hit storytime with her mentor, the original Miss Karen, at the Rittenhouse Square branch, where everyone enjoyed meeting Zeeke. They came home with a stack of books for his nightly storytimes.
On Thursday, Karen and Zeeke had a play date with some kids who used to come to her own storytimes.
On Friday, we took Zeeke to a librarian happy hour at the Public House, where we saw Jen (sans twins), Tara, and Liz & Kate.
On Saturday we went to Harper's first birthday party. Carl and Michela did a great job with the Up theme, including pictures of the kids floating away in a basket lifted by balloons.
On Sunday, we drove out to Cherry Hill, hit the Silver Diner for pancakes and eggs, filled a cart at Babies R Us, then scoffed at the prices, and went to Kohl's instead. We got a lot of fun toys and books for Zeeke on sale, then went back to Babies R Us for just one thing. Zeeke slept all the way back to South Philly, but we pushed our luck, picking up a pork butt at the Italian Market for pulled pork sandwiches.