Jesus Loves Me, This I Know

Another milestone in Cal's life today.  He attended the first of many Catholic masses.  We went to the Saturday night mass at OLMC.  He was quiet throughout.  Honestly, though, he was asleep for most of it.  I hope Father Richard didn't take it too personally.  It said nothing about the quality of his homily.

Moving Forward

Things are moving along on the adoption front.  We had our final home study today.  During which, Cal decided to cry and fuss the entire time!  Thanks, buddy.  It was all very easy.  She met our little guy and asked us a few questions.  Not a big deal at all.  Our court date is set for January 15th.  That's when we'll get his birth certificate.  Should be a really quick in and out process.  I've heard around 15 minutes.  The lady who did the home study today also mentioned that she knows someone in the area who does daycare just for teacher's kids and is closed in the summer.  That would be perfect for us.  Of course, nothing is set in stone but she said she would send me the information and I'll see where it goes from there.

Mr. Popular is 3 Weeks Old

Forgot to mention when I updated earlier today that our Cal is 3 weeks old today.  How the time flies!  He still seems pretty tiny, though.
Cal had a couple more visitors today, too.  His Uncle Ben and Aunt Dianna drove all the way down from Berne just to see him.  I think they are still driving home as I type this.  We all went to Abuelo's and had a lovely dinner (thanks guys!).  Cal decided not to have the fajitas this time but might try them the next time we are there.  He enjoyed meeting them both and looks forward to many more visits in the future.
We'll be making quite a few visits to Berne in the near future.  We have a baby shower on the 22nd, then Thanksgiving, and then the Fox family Christmas gathering the first weekend in December.

Hanging out with Uncle Ben

Meeting Aunt Dianna

School Days

Today, Cal made his first official visit to my place of work.  I was there to attend a meeting to review a math textbook since this is a textbook adoption year.  Cal got to meet some of the teachers I work with and attend the fascinating meeting with me.  He slept through most of it but did manage to eat 4 ounces of formula fed to him by the kindergarten teachers.  He loved that part!  We ended up cutting out a bit early.  He's looking forward to going back next week to review a different book.

Off to the Big Town!

Today was Cal's first visit to the metropolis of Berne, IN. He was quite taken with it, though he did express his dismay at the very few Amish sightings.  A highlight of the trip was meeting his great grandparents.  Unfortunately, great grandpa wasn't able to meet him face to face due to being in the nursing home and recovering from pneumonia.  But, we did bring him over to Swiss Village and they checked each other out through the window.  Great grandma was able to get in some face time and seemed to really enjoy meeting/holding him.  We all had lunch at Andy's parent's house - thanks to Milly for a delicious roast and veggies!  All in all a good time was had by all.

Andy, his mom, his grandma, and Calvin

Andy, his dad, and Calvin

This last one isn't from our trip but grandma gave Cal this outfit and I thought she might like seeing this pic of him modeling it.  Thanks, Milly!