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Brian and I decided to go visiting on Saturday. In preparation, Brian made a big batch of sausage/orzo/lentil soup and a chocolate cake on Friday. Then Saturday morning, I made a white cake and frosting while Brian made a shepherd’s pie. Armed with food to take to new parents, we headed into the city.

Our first stop was Brigham and Women’s hospital to see the Sheldons. Dan was walking through the lobby and Garret was just arriving when we got there, good timing! We headed up to see Sarah, who was looking great. We all hung out to catch up on the last couple days of happenings and give Max some “mommy time.” Luckily Max loves everyone and doesn’t seem too phased by having different people take care of him, but he did need to catch up on hugs from Sarah. We headed over to the NICU and took turns hanging out in the atrium and going two at a time to see Theo, who was napping. (Evidently that’s a pretty popular activity for him, though the Tabblo shows some of his more alert moments earlier in the day.) Then we sang Happy Birthday to Dan and ate cake. It wasn’t the ten-course birthday meal we’d planned, but it was still a festive occasion. Max seemed to especially enjoy the cake. He ate some, wore some, used some as a facial treatment, and even shared some with Uncky Beej (which means Brian was wearing a considerable amount of frosting when he left).

After stopping by Arlington to pick up Dan Dunn, we were off to our second stop, the Miners. Russ and Christina welcomed Aaron Curtis on Feb 24 (my birthday!). We each got to hold him. Aaron was also asleep most of the time, though he did start to get hungry and thus cranky while we were there. His current goal in life is to get his hand into his mouth. To make this more challenging, his parents keep him swaddled (wonton and burrito are their methods). Brian’s super-power is still in effect – as soon as Brian held him, Aaron let out an impressive fart. Parents, if you ever have a cranky gassy baby, invite Brian to hold the little tyke.

We returned to Dan and Nate’s, and the first order of business was to figure out why Dan’s computer wasn’t working. He shut it off before his trip to Denver, and when he came back and pressed the “on” button, nothing happened. The living room coffee table became the examination/operating room and soon Nate joined in to help too. Through fairly rigorous troubleshooting, we isolated the power supply as the culprit. Luckily Nate had an extra with the right connectors, so Dan was back in business.

By now we’d distributed all our food and hadn’t actually eaten much ourselves, so we ordered BBQ. Just as we were finishing up dinner, Brian K, Heather, Ronin and Atticus arrived! Quick, stash the tasty meats from the hungry dogs! They were out walking the dogs and stopped in to chat a while, but then had to head off to dinner themselves. We watched two episodes of Heroes and then headed home.