Week 3 recap - "Just Call Me Lola"

Mindy's Mom, Linda, arrived Saturday 03-19-09 from Boston and we were all excited for her arrival.

As an independent soul and a first time grandparent, she prefers to go by "Lola" (meaning Grandmother in Filipino) instead of the usual Nana or Grandma. Linda's sister, Nancy, even had her graphic designer friend make a shirt for Linda to illustrate that she prefers you to "Just Call Me Lola". The shirt is in Linda's favorite color too, aqua blue. Linda is wearing the shirt at left and in the pictures at the link below.

This week was an exceptionally warm week in San Francisco with bright sunny weather, so we took Jack and Stella for several long walks and took the opportunity to sit outside and eat leisurely lunches.

Stella loved Linda and often broke into her room to wake her up with sloppy kisses or nudged her to play tug-o-war. From the picture above, you can see that Linda loves Stella too, though she often found that Stella can be quite a handful when we go for walks since she is nearly 50 lbs of muscle and can easily drag you down the sidewalk!

Jack also loved his Lola - especially when he would sit in her arms for an hour as he drifted off to sleep as she sung to him. These times were poignant to watch and Mindy was grateful for the time that it allowed her to do the simple things like take a shower or take Stella for a walk.

At the end of her visit, we went to the pediatrician for Jack's 1 month checkup. Jack grew one inch and is now 9 lbs - right on target. "Perfect" is how Dr. Simons described Jack - no kidding. And then "precocious" when Linda described how she swears Jack responds to her smile with a smile of his own (DonnaA, we're talking to you :). Perfect and precocious - right on.

CLICK HERE for more pictures of Jack, his Lola, and Stella during her visit.