Friday night update

Okay, since the battery isn't dying on my laptop, I should be able to do a longer post. For your entertainment and amusement there are a number of new photos posted. The big news is that Michele brought St. Louis Cardinal booties back from her most recent girls' weekend. She is determined to turn the boys in to All Americans and baseball is an important part of that. Since Jay has absolutely no understanding of the game and I suffer from a near terminal case of lack of interest, it is up to her to fill that gap. Jerseys will no doubt be forthcoming at some point, but the booties are a start. Allan (of course) was content to keep his on. Griffith (of course) immediately began working full-time to kick his off. He got both of them off (which I put back on), then one (which I put back on) and I'm sure that if I called to check, Caitlyn would tell me that she has just given up. I guess the best I can say is that they give him a focus for his energy and irritation. The two days of sleeping have apparently left him wide awake and ready for entertainment. Not only did he and Jenny sing and dance, but she also held him in her lap so that he could look out in the hall. I really don't know what we are going to do with him when he gets home -- it is going to be quite dull here comparatively. He's very social and apparently has quite a fan club amongst the nurses and staff in the NICU. Jenny says that he looks and nods his head to say "hello" to everyone who stops by. When we left him, he was completely distracted by the mirror. Vanity Smurf can not get enough of looking at himself. He is a fine-looking specimen.
Not to be outdone, Allan has his own groupies. Krista (who works nights) was afraid that she wouldn't get him because Alissa's shift ended at 3 today and she (Krista) didn't come on until 7. Apparently she finagled around and got the schedule adjusted so that she would get him tonight. (They like him, they really, really like him!) He's such a sweet-natured little guy, it is hard not to just want to pick him up and squeeze him. Especially considering that there wasn't much there there before. He still hasn't regained the pep that he had last week but he is making slow and steady progress. He's just a little more delicate than his brother (for all that he outweighs him by about a pound and a half these days) and when he gets a little down, it takes a lot for him to catch back up. He is moving in the right direction, though, and always looks forward to the weekends because he gets to see his girlfriend, Jennifer. Their relationship did take a bit of a negative turn last weekend, but absence does make the heart grow fonder. So long as she doesn't traumatize him again, I'm sure he'll forgive her. Sort of. Although we have clearly established that he has Jay's laid back approach to life, the explosive poos and retributive tooting seem to indicate that he has some of his Momma in him, too. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there isn't some sort of an ambush this weekend.