When Heather decided that being back at work was not playing out as we had hoped, she made the decision to be at home with Patrick, where she is now. He is infinitely happier with this situation, and we are too.
Through the month of December, friends and family really came to our side in caring for him while Heather finished up at school. Patrick spent time with Auntie Terry, but decided that was his week to just scream all morning. Jocelyn (Nanna) pitched in too, and then came back again with Richard for Thanksgiving- no small travel in the depth of winter coming from a record snowy winter in the Northwest. But perhaps most special was Grandma, who dropped everything in Adelaide and jumped on a plane (well 3 actually, each way) to spend 3 weeks in December with us looking after Patrick all day during a very cold and snowy December which included a record low temperature on December 15th of -19 degrees. (That's -19 Fahrenheit for our Aussie readers, or -28 degrees Celsius. Don't ever tell me again Sydney gets nippy in the winter- it doesn't.)
He's cute, I know, but 3 weeks cooped up inside with any infant (who would rather you never put him down) when it's too cold to go for even a 15 minute walk, was a lot to ask. Thanks Grandma!
