What a great weekend!

Charlie had a great weekend with his Aunt Taylor and Uncle Rory, who just returned home last night. We started the weekend by picking up Charlie at daycare on Thursday on our way home from the airport. Taylor and Rory got to see him out on a buggy ride, and met some of the teachers in his room, as well as some of the other kids. They also got to see their first diaper blowout. After picking up Charlie, we met John at Cheesecake Factory and had a great dinner. They even gave Charlie a little plate with a sliced half banana and some soft bread. He flirted with a girl in a highchair at the next booth over. I think he enjoyed watching all the people dressed in red for Valentine's Day.

On Friday John and I took the day off work, so we dropped Charlie off at daycare while we all went to lunch and a movie. We were disappointed in the movie (Jumper) but lunch was tasty and it was nice to go out without having to worry about a sitter for Charlie. That night Rory went out with Beth for a belated Valentine's Day date, and Taylor hung out with us at home. After a dinner of Montgomery Inn (a Cincinnati favorite), the three of us had a late night just talking and catching up.

On Saturday morning, Taylor helped us give Charlie a bath, and was "baptized" with a golden fountain when we were dressing him afterwards. She was then officially a full-fledged aunt! On Saturday night we got a sitter and the adults all went to dinner and a movie. We tried a new Mongolian BBQ place nearby, and saw a much better movie (No Country for Old Men). I came down with some sort of intestinal bug that evening, but made it through the night.

On Sunday I was down with my stomach issues, and Taylor was a little under the weather with a cough, so we scrapped our plans to go out and instead sat home and visited indoors. That evening, John and I had a broomball game -- against each other -- and because we were short on women, Taylor subbed for my team. She had an assist, which was better than I did that night! John's team won in the end. Most of us were tired after returning from the rink, but Beth and Taylor went out with the broomball crowd for a while.

On Monday (Presidents Day holiday) we went ahead with the postponed plans from Sunday, and took Charlie to the Newport Aquarium. Beth had been before, and John had been for work functions, but none of the rest of us had ever been there. Charlie really enjoyed watching a small turtle swim around a tank, and was fascinated by the birds overhead in the trees at the rainforest exhibit. Otherwise, I'm not sure if he might not have enjoyed looking at the other people as much as the fish in the tanks! After the aquarium, we took the gang to one of our local BBQ joints (Jim Dandy's) for some takeout on the way home. That night I had a broomball game on Fountain Square downtown, so we all went down to Rock Bottom and they had a bite and a beer while I played.

On Tuesday, John and I took another day off work, and I took Charlie in to daycare for a while so we could have some more adult time together. We watched another movie-- this one on DVD that had just come out (Michael Clayton). Rory did some work, and then it was time to pack up.

Lucy will certainly miss all the attention she received while our visitors were here. She loves company!

Charlie is almost through with his last doses of antibiotic for his ear infection. I haven't noticed him pulling at his ear so much the past couple of days, so I hope it's finally gone for good.

Hope to have some new photos posted soon.