HankandLucy

My dad mostly lives in Tokyo for work, but gets to spend about a week out of each month at his home in Las Vegas. Every month since Henry was born he drives down for a little visit. "I don't want him to forget what I look like!" He explains. It is the most heart warming thing ever, he loves his little grandson so much.

This weekend was his monthly visit, and we discovered a new development in Henry; fear of strangers. Every time my dad held him (or even looked at him too long) he was greeted with this face:

(accompanied with some loud complaining, and left unatended some actuall wailing.)

It was soooooo sad! My dad took it like a champ. We went out to the Blind Lady and ran into a few friends. Henry had the same reaction with them. It is comforting that it wasn't just his grandpa that he was afraid of, but it also makes us nervous. We don't want him to be that baby! Are we not socializing him enough? It is hard, we are so busy all the time and so our are friends that we don't socialize as much as we would like to. Hopefully it is, like most things, just a phase during this period of new awareness.

Luckily my dad snuck in a few cuddles before he left.... (Henry seemed to forget for a few minutes that he was upset by my dad, and was able to be comforted by him. Ha!)