We took Daniel's four-month picture yesterday, but didn't quite get to the blog posting. Gram and PopPop arrived just after Edward woke up from his nap, so there was lots of playing to do. Also some mocking. Anticipating their arrival, I did not get Daniel completely dressed after changing him so his thighs were on full display. They are quite a sight to behold. John says his legs are so fat you can't really even tell he has knees. The cheeks are also evidence of his eating prowess. Gram says the blog pictures are great, but don't even come close to capturing the real thing. She was in serious withdrawal--it had been more than a month since her last visit!

Shortly after they arrived, we were sent away for dinner and a movie. What a great Mother's Day weekend treat! We had to make it an early movie and a comedy because we knew there was no way we'd stay awake otherwise. We've had a couple of long nights with Daniel waking up coughing again. I thought it was getting worse between Wednesday and Friday so I took him back to the doctor on Friday. Their assessment is that it's just a virus and that this happens to be how Daniel is affected. Some kids get ear infection after ear infection, others get diarrhea all the time. Apparently this is what we can expect as he works his way through the various viral manifestations circulating at daycare. He's definitely not as bad as he was the last time through, so let's hope for a quick resolution so we can all get back to sleep.

Anyway, we saw Baby Mama, which met all of our movie parameters--comedy, 96 minutes, 7:25 p.m show. As we were leaving (having thoroughly enjoyed it, even laughing out loud at times) John looked at the line of people waiting to buy tickets to the late shows and scorned, "Ha! They're not gonna be in bed in 40 minutes!" Sad, but true. We take sleep where we can get it.

I'll share now the Mother's Day present my sister-in-law sent me after playing with photoshop this week. She has four kids, so she knows all the tricks to successful photos: