Making strange

So last weekend Dave and I went to a wake/memorial for our old boss. It was in Toronto at a restaurant/pub on Queen Street, and it was on a Sunday night starting at 7pm. Quite a few of our friends from all over were also attending, so we figured this was an excellent opportunity to pay our respects as well as visit with a bunch of people we hadn't seen in a while, or who we would have to drive pretty far to see. Also, some of these friends had yet to meet Caden, and since he's been pretty portable and easy going so far, we figured we'd take him with us, and just stay for an hour or so. WRONG! He lasted a few minutes, but as more people started to arrive, and strange (or even familiar) people were talking to him, and the noise grew, and the lights dimmed, well, the meltdown started. He jutted his lower lip out and immediately his eyes welled up and turned red, and he started a strange cry which I can only describe by saying it sounded like "be! be! be! be! be!, woo! woo! woo! woo!"
It was heartbreaking. Needless to say, Dave took him out to the car to calm him down, and I joined him soon after. It's a good thing my sister lives essentially across the street, so we went over for a visit and of course Caden was all smiles by then...Oh well, we learned our lesson-babies and bars don't mix ;)

But now I'm starting to think it wasn't just the atmosphere. Yesterday afternoon, after a nice stroll in downtown Oakville with Danielle and Elly, I decided to drop by my work with Caden. At first he was all smiles and being his flirty self, but then, once again the eyes welled up with insta-tears, the lip jutted out and the crying began! The worst part is that he looks terrified when he does it. I think it had to do with the fact that again there was a bunch of people all around him chatting and cooing. However, I hope this doesn't continue for very long, and I wonder if it was just 2 isolated incidents, or if he's going through a period of "making strange". So far we've been able to bring him anywhere with us, some places have had a lot of people or noise, and he's been comfortable being passed around, many times falling asleep in the process. We thought that by exposing him to a lot of people and situations he be adaptable, and he has been, but I guess there's going to be times when he is just not up for it.
Sorry buddy!