Rain and Curls

Yesterday morning was rainy and humid, so when Donovan arrived his hair was very curly! It's been straight up until now most of the time. He is trying so hard to get his whole fist into his mouth, but without much success. He will be a happy boy once he can get whatever it is he wants to on his hand into his mouth. I remember Adam trying to get his thumb into his mouth at about this age; it took him a week or more to be able to coordinate all that. He is also really smiling, though most of the time I have to work at it. However, the minute Maris walked in and Donovan heard her voice, his eyes lit up and he got a big smile on his face. Yesterday after my piano lesson I really needed one thing at the grocery store, so for the first time I took him with me. I was a little leery of carrying the car seat into the store and then getting it situated in the basket--but no problem! When I was a young mother I managed three all the time, but I find I don't have the energy or the dexterity that I did. That isn't easy to admit!