Children at the lake

Picked up the children from my mom who had them at her lake for the last three nights, and went shopping at the outlet mall. I guess Sofie missed me a little, but I don't know how she found time. Grandma Janet took them to see the new American Girl movie and swam with them and boated with them and did multiple art projects. I stayed with Caleb and Lynne at Lynne's parents lake. One might wonder how it is that everyone's mom has a lake. Well, that's just Michigan for ya. A lot of lakes to go around and we're all quick to claim ownership I guess.
Caleb and I got to meet Lynne's new nephew, Joey who is adorable. He lives with his mom Kristin on the lake in their own house so perhaps maybe it's Joey's lake. He was born a bit early so he is very tiny and cute. He is healthy, five weeks old and hasn't reached his due date yet which was August 28th. Amazingly enough, he didn't spend much time in the hospital and hasn't needed any ventilators and learned how to nurse pretty darn quickly. His family is receiving vaccinations instead of him at this point cause he's too little. He's not allowed to go out much yet, or be held by people other than parents and grandparents, though aunties must be allowed too cause I caught Lynne holding him. Kristin says they don't know anything about his cognitive level yet. I thought this was funny. Because who knows anything about anyone's cognitive level anyway, well, especially that of a newborn. She also says she's gotten a bit obsessive about the numbers concerned with how much milk he's getting and such. This is quite typical with premature babies she says because of the hospital beginning and concern with size and having to start with formula. Also concern with the numbers comes with a certain kind of mind. The hospital staff say the engineer moms are the most into it. Kristin is a French teacher at the middle school. I am sure no one who knows Kristin, friends or family has any doubts about Joey's cognitive level.