Nick's day with dad

So Amanda was sick....I mean sick...so I have taken care of Nick the last 2 days. I have to say I did an excellent job. Like dinner. I decided Nick was going to eat a burrito. A refried bean and chesse burritto, and since I am such a good daddy I let him self feed. Well not really. Nick and I came to the idea that it would be easiser to let him do it himself.

The only problem I found with having a Wife who thinks shes' dying and a ten month old that seems to be hyper-active is that I don't really get anything done and can't leave the house. So even though the temp outside is 55 degrees outside (12 celsius) the little man wanted to go outside and play with his ball.

Yes the ball is about as big as Nick $2.49 at Target. Who'd guess that a big blue ball would make a little boy so happy....well I'm gonna say the person who played with the ball to get it into the cart... me. We do have a lot in common.

So that was my day sick wife, dirty baby, he did get a bath, and a cold day on the grass.

An afternoon with Nick

Why clean when this happens 2 min later...

This is the way we drink our sippy

Progress

Nick hasn't wanted to use a sippy cup since he Grandma taught him how to drink out of a real straw. So for the past couple of months Nick has used a "straw sippy". I've been reading about how to transition off a bottle and read that I should start putting his formula in a sippy cup. While at Target on Saturday we were looking for a new "straw sippy" to use for his formula. I am now happy to report that Nick has not used a bottle since Saturday night at Grandma's house. WOO HOO!!! Keep your fingers crossed that we continue with this.

In other news Eddie graduated on Friday morning. It was a very emotional ceremony for me. It didn't really hit me until they started walking up the aisle in their class A uniforms. Nick did very well throughout the ceremony and was even so inclined to do a rasberry during the key not speaker's speech. OOPS!! That evening was the graduation party and Nick stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's house overnite for the first time. He did very well and slept all night for Grandma. Mom and Dad had a much needed night out and slept in til 9 am the following morning.

the 2 step

Cracker anyone?

Eddie still doesn't believe me that he did this himself...

You know you're in trouble when...

Not even your banana is safe. Who knew calling him monkey would become so real?

I'm a big boy

Nick has been taking baths in his bath ring since he was about 6 months old. Lately he's been pulling himself up and trying to climb out of the ring to play in the tub. So...we have since given him free roam of the tub. Unfortunately this does mean that he likes to play with anything he can get his hands on. It is pretty funny watching him crawl from side to side though and get covered in suds.

10 Months Old

Well...the little man is 10 months old today. It's so hard to believe that 10 months has gone by. He is growing so much and has become quite a handful.

We're now over the stomach flu, and we start a Kindermusik class tomorrow. I'm pretty excited about that, especially to see how he interacts with the other kids.

Nick is still waking up around 4:30 and wanting a bottle...something he hasn't done since he was 8 weeks old. This started while he was sick and hopefully will end soon. If you have any suggestions on how to get him sleeping through the night again I am definitely open to hear them.

And from our photo shoot this morning before leaving for work...