To the Movies We Go

Mom and dad went to the movies for the first time since baby’s birth, in a slap-dash effort to become with-it enough to appreciate the Oscars tonight. That meant baby spent late Sunday afternoon with grandma and grandpa. Grandma’s health being what it is, grandpa took on the bulk of the responsibility and, though baby evidently cried some, she certainly had plenty of smiles for her two grandparents after mom and dad came back to pick her up. “Brokeback Mountain” was as subtle and intelligent as we hoped it would be, and the Oscars tonight – so far – have been fun. For the record, baby has begun to say either “da-da” or “a-da.” It will be nice when she can call me by name, but it is the look in her eyes that says the most.