Day 67: Another Wonderwild Wednesday

Little Buddy had school today.  Since my Spring Break is next week, I decided to take the day off from school work and instead put my Christmas presents to use and head to the spa.  I can't even tell you the last time I got my hair cut!  So after a mini-spa day of a haircut, facial, and pedicure (during which I read nearly two chapters...I guess school never really takes a break!), I was ready to take Little Buddy to Wonderwild to play!

When we got there, I realized that Little Buddy is starting to pay more attention to his surroundings.  We needed to pick up some bread for dinner, so instead of taking him straight into Wonderwild, we ran into Randalls first.  Oh boy, he did not like that!  He threw quite the fit when he realized we weren't going into Wonderwild.  After he finally settled down, we were able to get our bread.  He was even in good enough humor to blow kisses to the cashier.  Then I made the mistake of opening the truck door to put the bread inside.  Meltdown!  He thought I had just been teasing him with Wonderwild and was putting him back into the truck.  He was so busy screaming and sobbing, he barely noticed I had shut the door and was walking him toward the front door of Wonderwild.  Once he did notice, well, then you couldn't stop the smiles.

We had lots of fun at Wonderwild with our friends:  Miss M came with E, Miss J came with N, and Miss T came with T.  I know I say this a lot, but I truly am grateful for our friends.

After a good long play time, we came home and had dinner with Daddy.  After dinner, someone was quite the mess:

 Somehow we lost a shoe...

   

"Don't worry about all the food in my lap...I'm really cute!"

"Here, I'll even wipe myself off."

On his way to get ready for bed, Little Buddy and I had our nightly banister kisses.  As he goes up the steps, he passes between each banister rail and leans in to give me a kiss.  It is one of the best parts of my day and I have been trying to get pictures of it for awhile.

I love him.

Night everyone, 

VTB

Day 66: Another Wonderful (and Productive) Day!

Today was a wonderful day!  Little Buddy and I started our day with some chores.  He's a great help with the dusting, waving his little Swiffer around.  Once we were done with our chores, we took a walk down to the neighborhood park.  Once again he was the king of the playground!  It's always nice when we have the park to ourselves; I never have to worry about bigger kids knocking into Little Buddy and he gets to go down the slide as much as he wants!  It's a win-win situation, but he did get a case of yellow pollen bottom from the slide. :)

"Hi Mommy!"

We then headed home for lunch followed by, miraculously, a long nap.  After last Tuesday's lack of nap, I wasn't getting my hopes up.  Surprisingly, he actually took a wonderful nap and allowed me to get all my school work done before class.  We then played for a bit and watched Sesame Street before heading out to meet Daddy.

Unfortunately, after I dropped him off with Daddy, Little Buddy got an upset tummy.  He may have vomited up most of his lunch all over his carseat and Daddy's car.  No good!  Thankfully, he seems ok.  Probably just ate too much, but we'll be watching him to make sure it isn't anything else.

Have a good night,

VTB

Day 65: Stay Awake You Little Baby...

Mondays after a three day weekend with Daddy are always a bit hard on Little Buddy (and on me!).  He misses his Daddy and I miss having an extra set of hands around.  Today wasn't too bad, as we actually managed to get out of the house early to go to BBC.  This is quite a miracle for a Monday.

Following BBC and fun at the playground, we rushed to go pick Daddy up for lunch.  We've determined all the stars that need to align for Little Buddy to have a successful long afternoon nap:

Step 1:  Each lunch immediately following Boot Camp.  If he falls asleep, even for ten minutes, he awakes completely recharged and all hope for the long nap is gone.

Step 2:  Following lunch, change his diaper and go home immediately.  Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, go directly home.

Step 3:  Wheel Little Buddy into the house in his stroller and be absolutely quiet.  Keep the dog AWAY from him.

Step 4:  Pray.  And don't breathe too loudly.

My husband and I picked Black Walnut for lunch today and almost ruined Step 1.  Black Walnut is farther away than some of our other lunchtime choices (by farther away, I mean about five minutes farther) and it was a struggle to keep Little Buddy's eyes open.  We sang and rolled the windows down, trying our best to keep him up.  He almost succumbed as we parked, but thankfully my husband got his attention and woke him up.  A quick smile at Daddy and he was ready to eat!

After lunch, we dropped Daddy off and came home.  Since I had followed the steps to the letter, I was assured at least 90 minutes of homework time.  Sadly, a little over an hour later, he woke himself up sobbing.  I waited to see if he would settle himself, but the wails simply got worse.  I went and picked him up and, of course, he fell asleep on me.  I tried to lay him back down, but he started whimpering again.  I then gave up and laid on the couch, with Little Buddy in my arms, and fired up the DVR.  For the next hour and a half, I had a great cuddle nap buddy.  I could be annoyed that I couldn't get more work done, but instead I choose to be grateful to have this little guy in my arms.  I know the day will come that he won't want to lay still with me and just be, so I am willing to take the time I can.  I also like to think that he just loves his mommy so much that laying on me is a special treat for him.  Plus, he slept well and woke up very happy, so it all worked out.

We had fun playing the rest of the day.  His long nap had put him in a great mood.  He was smiling and playing all through dinner.

"Look at me!  Look at me!"

"I can touch my tongue!"

Such a crazy kid.  :)

Night everyone, 

LBM

Little Buddy's Mommy

Day 64: Tractor Time

Somehow, after being completely exhausted from the half marathon yesterday, I managed to wake up this morning in time to make it to church.  Little Buddy had a great time at church again, though he voiced his joy a bit louder than we may have wanted.  :)

After we got home, I went to take a nap (guess I was still a bit exhausted after all!) and Little Buddy went outside to play with Daddy.  Looks like they had a lot of fun!

"I can't wait til I can help Daddy work outside!"

Later on in the afternoon, Little Buddy's babysitter, Miss A came over to play with him while I worked on school stuff and my husband worked out in the yard.  We are so lucky to have Miss A, she is so good with him.  She always plays with him and never turns the television on or ignores him.  It is hard to find a sitter you can trust, and I am already dreading when Miss A graduates college and moves on.  She's been with us since Little Buddy was three months old and he is so attached to her.  Oh well, I guess that is a bridge we'll cross when we come to it.

Tonight was also bath night.  As I have mentioned before, Little Buddy LOVES his bath.  He also loves running around naked in his hooded towel.  Tonight, we had a little naked blue shark running around upstairs, laughing as he ran away from us.  The grins and giggles he gave us just make my husband and I smile.  We are so lucky to have this crazy kid in our lives.

Goodnight,

VTB

Day 63: My Cheer Section

Today was my half marathon.  I had to leave early, so I didn't get to see Little Buddy before I left.  I did, however, see him holding this sign along my route.

How adorable is that?

Holding his clapping toy to cheer mommy on!

Anyway, I survived my 13.1 miles (in 2:10!).  I wanted to take a picture with Little Buddy afterward, but he was asleep in his stroller.  Oh well!  We sadly didn't get to play too much today, since I was pretty sore and worn out.  I'm sure we will make up for it tomorrow!

Wearing Mommy's race hat after the race.

Rest well everyone,

VTB

Day 62: Stress Outlet

Since I was a bit nervous about my half marathon tomorrow, my husband and Little Buddy decided to take me to the outlet mall to relax.  Sounded good to me!

We had quite the day at the outlets.  Little Buddy enjoyed himself quite a bit, well, until it was nap time.  :)

Checking himself out in the mirror.

"I love shopping!"

Chilling out and ready to head home!

After the outlets, we ran a few errands and then finally made it home.  Now I am headed to bed to rest up before the race tomorrow!

Goodnight everyone!

VTB

Day 61: Fun with Friends

Today Little Buddy and I headed downtown today for a play date with friends at the Children's Museum.  We had a great morning hanging out in the toddler area.  Little Buddy especially liked playing on the slide and in the cars.

We then took a walk in the beautiful weather over to Cafe Express.  It was a bit of a challenge setting up tables for eight mommas and eleven little ones, but we are becoming quite the experts at it.  Though we are always concerned with how our brood may disturb other customers, we actually had quite a few people come up and tell us how great our kids were and nice it was that we had such a good group of moms to spend time with.  I completely agree.  Little Buddy and I are very fortunate to have met such a wonderful group of friends!

Of course, after such a busy day, Little Buddy fell asleep as soon as we started our drive home.  I was hoping he would stay asleep once we got home, but he started to rouse as soon as we got to our exit.  Ugh.  Well, we needed to go to Target anyway.  Little Buddy was talking the entire time we pulled in the parking lot, but as soon as we parked, he went silent.  Surprised, I looked back.  He had fallen back asleep!  Hmmm...should I go home and risk waking him up when we get there and then having to come back to Target?  Or should I wake him up and go into Target and hope he falls asleep when we drive home?  I looked at my passenger seat and saw one of my textbooks for school.  I opted for option C, reading in the parking lot until he woke up, then go into Target, and then go home.  It actually worked out well!  I need to keep bringing readings with me for just such an occasion.

The rest of the evening was pretty routine.  We had dinner, Little Buddy used his play food to make banana, waffle, plum, and butter soup, and then we threw the ball for awhile while Chesney didn't go retrieve it.  Just a normal, wonderful day.

Night everyone!

LBM

Little Buddy's Mommy