Nanna & Daideo Visit!

My mom and dad, known to Shepherd as Nanna and Daideo ("Dah-doh") came to visit us for my mom's birthday at the end of January. We had a great time with them and, of course, were sad to see them go back home to Florida. Shep was especially sad for his constant (and I do mean constant) playmates to leave. It's just not the same around here without them!

And even though Nanna played with Shep the whole time, she didn't fail to work him hard too. In fact, all her training of Shep to work for his toys paid off and he started crawling today! Too bad Nanna and Daideo missed it by just a couple days :(

Here are some pictures of the fun we had:

Shep checking out Daideo's beard. He decided it is real.

Just playing with Nanna.

Eating a pickle at a New York style deli and not quite sure what to think about it.

Some fun floor time with daddy.

More playing with Nanna. Lots of that happened - to the delight of both Nanna and Shep.

Posing in front of the elephant habitat at the zoo. It was cold!

Lounging in PJs (from Aunt Nikki) on his lamb chair (from Nanna and Daideo).

And here is the breaking footage of Shepherd crawling for the first time. Pretty exciting stuff.