Oh what a weekend!

Here's the latest:

Saturday we took Caleb to his Uncle's house to see the family. Everyone except one cousin and his grandmother were there. We arrived and Uncle Mes greeted us at the door. Caleb looked at him for a bit then smiled. Here i was thinking it would be a good visit since the last one he spent most of it crying. How wrong i was. As we walked into the house everyone was so happy to see him and guess what? the crying began. It was non-stop. I wanted everyone to enjoy him but Caleb had other plans. I think for me, the greatest thing is to see how many people love him and want to be around him but, and i hope i'm wrong about this, he's just not that kid. So he kept crying. He did have glimpses of normal Caleb - smiling, playing, babbling, sucking on everything, then it would begin again. During dinner Ernest and I just let him cry. He had his cousins with him and was perfectly safe so Ernest and I sat and had dinner. It's really hard for me to let him cry. I did it because it really was too much at that point. It's not like he would calm down if he saw me, no, he wanted me, and only me, to hold him. Usually i'm all for that but not in a situation where it's a family reunion and he's screaming at the top of his lungs. At one point during dinner it was silent. No crying? No way! Isn't it weird that instead of being relieved, i felt worried? Anyhow, i walked to the living room to witness his cousin Marc sitting on the floor with Caleb's legs straddled around his waist and asleep on his chest. I couldn't believe that Marc had done it. It really was a beautiful thing to see. The eldest Pelerin with the baby Pelerin. There are pictures which i will post soon. The quiet only lasted about 10 minutes cuz then it all started again. Well, you can guess the rest of that. Once it was time to leave we put him in his PJs and into the car seat he went. We arrived at home and we put him in his crib till his middle of the night business. Sunday was a different day. It was a beautiful day and mom and I took him to church -by the way, he's really good in church, quiet and actually falls asleep. After we went to have brunch and on the way back we stopped at our little park near our apt. and played for a bit. It was his first time in a park and he had a great time. We were sliding down the slide, and once his dad met us, he was sitting on the little airplane, and playing with the left over snow, and climbing on things - you know? Guy stuff, i guess. We had a blast. Now, it's "let's get cheesy" time. Watching Ernest on the slide with Caleb made me think about how hard my mother had it. She gave us so much with such little help. She had us so close together and was able to raise us well. At that moment i was so grateful for Ernest because i could see what they share and not only is he lucky to have Ernest as his dad but i'm so lucky to have him as my partner. We're a team. Mushy time over. Back to Caleb. So then we went home because his cousin Dana was coming over to spend the night and spend some time with Caleb, but guess what? Yep. He cried! Well, in his defense it was his nap time and i was trying to keep him up so Dana could see him but oh well. So he cried then he went to sleep. I hope Dana wasn't scared off. She even slept in his room and wasn't bothered by him waking up the 3 times in the middle of the night. I've decided that i will take him out more to places where there's lots of people. I've always been doing it but now i really have to do it. I don't like that he cries with people, family or not. So our adventure towards getting acquainted to people and the world continues. Wish us luck. Pictures to come.