Mothers, grandmothers and baby boys.

I took my mom to the podiatrist today for treatment of an ingrown toenail. It went well, and she did fine. We are going to arrange for a nurse to come over periodically and take care of her toenails.

When I arrived home, Jill was babysitting Luke, our neighbors' 8 week old baby boy. He is absolutely beautiful and very sweet. The problem is that he suffers from infantile acid reflux and often is very fussy. Luke has two sisters, aged 5 and 2 1/2. So, his mommy has a lot to look after, and she can't always hold him every minute. Today, Luke was very fussy, and his mommy was about fit to be tied. So, Jill brought Luke home and looked after him. Of course, he was good as gold for her, which just makes his mom feel like she is an inadequate mom. We both love babysitting Luke. Jill sometimes watches the girls, too, so mom can have a break. They absolutely adore her.

Mom finally came over and took Luke home. She was afraid she would wear out Luke's welcome, but that will never happen. There is something absolutely breathtakingly wonderful about babies. We look forward to our children having some more of them one day. We have so much fun babysitting our grandson Josiah, but he lives in San Diego, so our visits aren't as frequent as we would like.

On another topic, I found the bolts I had been looking for, and my project is coming along just fine, thank you!