Scott and I got up early on Saturday and drove to Newton to watch the boys so Leah could set up a Lavender and Clover booth at Fall Fest. When we arrived, Emmet was so glad to see us. Dave and Scott sat and chatted soccer and apps while I got the boys changed and dressed. Emmet put on his big boy underpants and got out every one of his items of clothes and showed them to Papa before insisting on putting back on his jammies. Oh well! Henry at six months knows me now so he smiles at me. This was probably the first time I was as excited to see Henry as I was Emmet. Henry has his own sweet little personality now.
I got to give Henry a bottle and tried to get him to take a nap but snuggling him to sleep is more like a wrestling match so we gave up.
Dave wanted to go over and check in with his brother and see what Leah was up to so we got Emmet to put on his clothes and go potty then headed out the back door. On the way over, Emmet tried to get us both to hold his hands so he could play one two three swing but when Dave said no, instead, he ran ahead and yelled, “Emmet fast!” And “run, run, run!” He looked so cute in his little gap jeans that looked like they ought to be sagging. Leah and Emmet were glad to see each other so we got Scott some food then headed back. When we got back, Scott and Henry were fine. He’s a good grandpa.
Scott likes to spontaneously break into song (if you know Scott, you know this) and Saturday the song was Rocket Man by Elton John. Emmet loved it. So Papa had to teach him to sing “rocket man!” At top volume. It was absolutely adorable. The rest of the day, he would randomly sing out “rocket man!” With feeling spontaneously, just like Papa.
I gave Emmet his lunch then bundled up Henry and took him over for Leah to nurse. We wrapped him up in the baby wrap grandparent style. Leah laughed. I took a sleeping Henry back to the house and put him down then attempted to put Emmet down for a nap. Leah said he would most likely play quietly in his room. So we read books and got his room ready but I forgot that Leah picks up his toys first. He got upset that I wouldn’t keep reading books so I crawled into his bed and took my own nap. Emmet proceeded to clean his room and put all his toys away. While cleaning, he crawled into then out of bed with me a couple of times and put all his stuffed animals and baby dolls in bed with me. Then while cleaning, he quietly continued to sing rocket man. So so so cute.
When we got up, Scott was asleep in the living room. I went into the kitchen to make coffee and when I returned, I found this: 
When Henry got up, I got to feed him some rice cereal. He loved it. 
The rest of the time, Emmet played and Henry was super content to be held by one of us or play on the floor. At one point, I was holding Henry on the couch and Emmet had a toy next to me. Henry kept reaching for the toy and Emmet said, “Emmet give baby” and shared his toy without being asked! Another time, Henry kept dropping his pacifier on Emmet and Emmet put it back in his mouth over and over. They were playing together! Later Leah had put Henry in the rock a roo and his pacifier dropped out. Emmet got it and put in Henry’s mouth then gave Henry a big hug. Henry is always delighted to watch Emmet play. And Henry is working on sitting up and he reaches. At one point Henry grabbed both sides of my face and pulled me to him and opened his mouth like he was giving me a big kiss.
Leah said it would be hard to take them both out to eat and turns out she was right. We went to Applebee’s and we got to see Emmet being a handful. Leah just drank a hard cider and smiled knowingly while we all three tried to wrestle, entertain the boys and eat all at the same time.
When we got ready to leave for Manhattan, Emmet got fussy. He sat right next to us between us on the couch cuddling and fussing. Leah asked him, “Emmet, are you sad that Papa and Gramma are leaving? He snuggled in closer, stoped crying and reassured himself, “Its ok.” I told him I was sad too.
But in two weeks, Leah is bringing the boys to our house for a big, long weekend! I’m so excited!
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