New environment for Joey – and serious attachment to Thomas

We got a phone call Sunday night – and it turned out to be our daycare lady.

“Hi, I have a surprise for you tomorrow!

“Oh? What is it?”

“You will have to bring Joey to our new place!”

“Oh! When did you buy a new house?”

“Oh about eleven months ago – I didn’t tell you?”

“No!”

Turns out she thought she had told us about it. “I guess I am getting old!” So we brought Joey to her new place Monday morning – a much bigger, nicer, newer place just two minutes from the old one. While the old basement was functional, this one was bright and airy, and the backyard comparable.

Joey was a little hesitant but the ladies were distraction experts and he was caught up with something to play with immediately.

Meanwhile he appears to have developed a habit of having to go to bed with at least Thomas in hand, preferably Toby too. He must have dropped Thomas sometime earlier in the evening as he started calling for Thomas in his sleep around 11 p.m last night. I tried putting Neville in his hand – his eyes were still shut, mind you – and even that didn’t work. I eventually found him sitting up in the crib calling for Thomas, and ended up grabbing a flash light and finding Thomas for him behind his crib. All was well after that.

Tom’s pondering getting him a plush Thomas. I’m not sure about the idea. He already has four “guardian” plushies in each corner of his crib! Two bolsters, three baby blankets and a baby quilt make his crib a total nest – I’m not sure it can take a plushie Thomas… and how does that help with his attachment?

Hm.

Aside from that, we appear to have found a meet-up group made up of geek parents. We met them for the first time last week and everyone enjoyed being able to talk shop while our kids played in this great place that has a cafe, huge play area (complete with a huge Thomas table), and a little kids’ salon.

We’ll be trying a picnic in the park with them next week if the weather cooperates. And if all goes well and all my stuff arrives in time, I will bring my new camera (yes, a birthday present to myself) and put it through its paces! Can’t wait!