So yesterday was a very busy day, but much
better than Thursday. We started off at the office repo-ing a
Subaru that Alan had co-signed for and the company apparently
stopped paying for (long story). We then headed to Manchester Subaru to see what we
could do, as we were very shortly going to be faced with owning
two Subaru’s and having two car payments – not what we needed!
The guys at Manchester Subaru are fantastic (if you’re looking
for a car definitely talk to them!) and basically swapped the
two cars for a new one. So we traded in two silver Subaru
Forresters for a new silver Subaru Forrester :) Since we only
had one on us we had to drive back home to pick up the other
one and then back to Manchester. Lots of driving, but well
worth it.

Alan’s mom met us at the
dealership and played with Lex while we took care of the
paperwork and all. Then, since we had to come back to
Manchester with the second car, we met his parents at The Olive
Garden (yummy!!!) for dinner. It was great.

I was worried about Lex and the heat and the driving, but
he pretty much slept the entire time. I then started worrying
that he would be awake for three days! So far we’re doing ok.
He slept some during the night and he’s napping now. Such a
good baby.

It’s amazing how many random
people come up and talk to you when you have a baby. We got so
many compliments from people at the dealership and the
restaurant. One customer at the restaurant even came over from
his table to tell us that Lex is an adorable and well behaved
baby (Lex slept through dinner). He then told us that his
daugher (or son, I forget) is having twins. Babies make for
great conversation starters.

As a
development milestone, Lex woke up right at the end of dinner
and started sucking on his finger. Until yesterday he hadn’t
been able to coordinate getting a finger into his mouth. He was
really good at sucking on his arm, his hand, my shoulder, my
shirt, etc… but hadn’t been able to figure out the single
finger in the mouth thing. He seemed to enjoy his finger for
about two minutes, then he decided that he wanted breast
instead :) Smart baby.

This morning he
also had another first (at least first that I’ve seen). I had
him lying on the playmat that Mike sent us (thanks Mike!!!) and
he started batting at one of the hanging toys. In the past he
has hit them, but it seemed entirely accidental. This morning
he was looking at the toy and consistently hit it when he put
his arm up. I got some of it on video so I’ll have to figure
out how to get those videos online.

Anyway, I think I’ve written enough of this book for now.
In summary – new car (just like the old ones), Manchester
Subaru is great, everyone loves Lex, and he’s starting to get
coordinate. Overall a very good day. Today is supposed to be
record breaking temps (over 100) so we’ll spend the day in our
air conditioned apartment. More news leter.