Anders Causes Campus Riot

I had a loose end for graduation that I had to tie up (I have a feeling I will be saying this quite a bit in the next month), so Anders and I went on campus to get things back on track. I have had mixed results with the OU bureaucracy over my seven years here. Today, I had a great experience in large part due to the power of Anders.
First, one of our departmental administrators filled out the necessary paperwork for me. Then, I had to go to the graduate college to deliver this form and fill out more paperwork to add a second credit to graduate. Well, Anders arrived just ahead of me in the Baby Bjorn facing out at the world. As I was talking to the necessary administrator, a crowd of about half a dozen women gathered around Anders. Meanwhile, this person also filled out the necessary paperwork for me as Anders entertained his crowd. He expects everyone he meets to lavish attention on him and he was not disappointed!
He gave them all of Anders' Greatest Hits: Big Smile, Laughing Smile, Hands Flapping, and the Kramer Shake (he does a full body shake like Kramer from Seinfeld or it could be compared to former Iowa Hawkeyes and SF 49ers safety Merton Hanks celebratory shakes after an interception).
One of the women had twin great-nieces born at 28 weeks, one of whom who is blind and the other one who has trouble eating. Stories like that reinforce how fortunate and really how lucky we were/are. It's a good thing that I remained oblivious to some of the potential downsides of prematurity. I come by it honestly. There is a lot of stuff going on around me that I just don't notice. Anders' doctor told us not to go online and read blogs or chat rooms about premature babies. That was all I needed to hear. Everyone told us Anders would be fine and so far so good.
Anders and I also made a side trip to CVS and Walmart. These trips were uneventful. Oh, yesterday on our walk, we met a 4 year old girl and her family. Upon seeing Anders, she said, "I like your baby."
"Thank you," I replied.
"Your welcome," she said.
It's a windy afternoon, threatening to rain so I don't know if Anders will get his walk today. He's been sleeping for almost three hours. I'll have to wake him up in the next 10 minutes so that he doesn't go past four hours since his last feeding. He woke himself up a little earlier than usual today. He was having full conversations with himself in 15 second intervals. It was of course gibberish, but his tone changed from happy to sad to concerned to conversational all in that span of time. He is a fascinating little guy. After he finished his last bottle, he nestled into my chest and put his arms around me as if to say, "Alright, Dad, nap time let's go." Well, the Bear is stirring, so I best be going. Yes, he has many nicknames. Our latest and favorite is Mr. Bear, Ando-Bear or simply Bear. He looks a bit like a slumbering golden bear cub.