Daddy! Mel loves the big guy sitting next to her. So much that she'll share all of the toys in the house with him, and chew on his fingers and let him rub her tummy and scratch behind her ears ...

and and and.

Both Eirene and Clark were wrong on the time frame - it's almost an hour later when she finally wanders down the stairs, wrapped in a robe, with damp hair swaying across her back.

"Awe. You two are adorable."