Yesterday Johnny and I went down to Carthage and had a fantastic time with the Blues and at the pool! I made the mistake of reminding Johnny that we were going to Grammy and Grampy's not long after he got up. So he was ready to go - right then! Unfortunately we still needed to eat breakfast and pack, and I still needed to shower. He kept his patience pretty well and found things to do or helped me as we did all we needed to do to get out the door. I thought he was going to fall asleep on the drive down there, but he fought it off. We played in the pool in the morning with Klay, Grammy, and Kerri.
He was pretty hesitant at first, as it had been so long since he'd been in the water, and would only "jump" into the pool if you were already touching him. In the afternoon, though, he was jumping away and he got so mad at me as I was helping him to the steps after a jump. I couldn't figure out what he was so mad about, and finally I realized that he wanted to swim by himself to the steps :) He drank a little water, but he did a really good job! He LOVED it :)
He would not nap after lunch, just kept running around in the crib and calling for me. Andy and Emily and their kids, Nick and Molly were there by that point out at the pool, and I think he was hearing them, or maybe he was just excited. Finally I gave up on the nap and he went back out to the pool. That's when he got really good at jumping and "swimming".
We spent all afternoon out at the pool, and then came in for dinner. I gave Johnny an early bath so he would be ready if he needed an early bedtime, and Grammy and Grampy made a great dinner. I left not long after dinner, and it was really hard to leave to go home to an empty house and work. But, I knew Johnny was in good hands and would have a good time with Grammy and Grampy and everyone.
And... I did get a whole lot of work done today. Stayed a little late at work and then started right back up after dinner at home. Trying to get everything all set so that I have it in order for the people that are covering for me next week when I am out for surgery and recovery. So, that was good! Still have a ways to go, but I feel like I have a pretty good handle on it.
I got to talk to Andrew, Annette, and Johnny on Skype tonight, so that was also good. Johnny seems to be having a really good time down in Carthage, and wasn't interested in talking on Skype once he found out I was just on the computer and not really there :) Back to running around screaming with Klay! He may be sad to come home and hang out with just me - but I will be glad to see him again. Andrew is still not quite turned around with the time - they keep having late nights, and then he gets up early to Skype. He says the meetings are going well overall.
I leave you with some pictures from the pool yesterday, and one video (too lazy to post it on you tube tonight):
We had another good day, overall - we did oatmeal for breakfast today, along with some watermelon. I let Johnny taste some of my chocolate milk, and no surprise - he decided he liked it and wanted the rest of it, lol. He wanted me to read him some bible stories after breakfast while we were still at the table, so I did.
We had a good morning - played some "hide" (and seek), he build some block towers while I tried to get the mountain of clothes in his room under control (putting away winter and pulling out summer clothes), and for some odd reason he asked if I had any necklaces. So, I let him touch some of the more fragile ones, and hold some of the more durable ones. He really liked one that had beads that had been my Grandma Bornet's. I was a little worried I wasn't going to get it away from him without it breaking! So, I told him it was time to put it away, and pointed out that his abacus also had beads. Amazingly, that actually worked as a distraction!
There was a covered dish brunch at church, so I made some hard boiled eggs and some cheesy grits. We arrived late - surprise! but it was a small crowd, so there was plenty of food left. He really enjoyed the sausage someone had brought. He wanted to see Sharon, and breakfast didn't take long, so we went on over to the nursery, and I hung out there until it was time for service, talking to Becky and Sharon. Luke didn't come to church, so Johnny was a little disappointed, but seemed OK with that. Church was good - Pastor Chad had an awesome joke - ask me to tell you the "skip a day" diet one sometime, although everyone must be at the beach this weekend, because no one was there. After church, Johnny wasn't hungry, due to the second breakfast, and was pretty grumpy, so I can't say much good about that, except that he did go down pretty easy for his nap, but then napped for less than an hour. His sleep seems so erratic these days!
After nap, I worked on his clothes a bit more. There was a cute pair of plaid overalls that had been Klay's that I told him he should wear to Grammy and Grampy's house, and he wanted to put them on. So I helped him put them on over the train shirt (which I think had been Thomas') that he had picked out. He then got on his trike and said "Time to go to Grammy and Grampy's!" It was so cute, and so hard to tell him that we wouldn't go until tomorrow morning. He took that OK, though, but I think he is excited about going down tomorrow.
We had a snack - cheese, apples, and the first cucumber from our garden, and he really enjoyed the cucumber - I think he ate over half of it! Then I thought he would be all ready to head outside and go to the pool, but he played with the shape sorter and wanted to read some. So we read for a while, but he was acting cross, so I said here is your swimsuit you just let me know when you're ready to go outside. Not too long after that, he was ready. He had a great time in the pool again - this time we brought the little splash balls outside, and he must have thrown them out and ran to get them 100 times. I tried the sprinkler for a little while, and he liked running through it with me, holding hands, but otherwise not so much. He told me he wanted it to sprinkle into his pool, but then changed his mind :) I got in the pool after that, just wading, and he started splashing me, and I got so wet that I finally came in and changed into my suit. At some point, we took a break for popsicles. Oh - and I convinced him to pee pee outside! Sorry if we kill your grass, Andrew, but it was nice to not have to come inside all wet and dripping!
After that, it was time to come in for dinner. So I made okra, chicken nuggets, and tater tots - yes - another healthy meal! I figure we made up for it today at breakfast and afternoon snack. He really enjoyed the chicken nuggets, not so much the okra. He seemed tired, so I went ahead and bathed him while we waited on Andrew to call. Talked to Andrew for a bit. He seemed to have had a pretty good Sunday, but was tired. He was up a little before 7, and they had gone out to an Opera the night before. He said he did get to spend a little time at the pool in the afternoon, and that the Opera had some acrobatics at the end, which was his favorite part. It was really good to see him and talk to him. He and Johnny acted like they were "bonking heads" and Johnny blew him lots of kisses and told him that he loved him. :) Johnny had asked a lot about Andrew today again. So I showed him on the calendar the days he would be gone and circled them, and then crossed through the ones he had already been gone. I don't know if that helped or not - you never know until later!
He did good at bedtime, although at one point he started patting my chest and asked if the baby was in there, and I showed him about where the baby was. I had told at church today that we are expecting, and I think the ladies in the nursery were talking it up to him about him being a big brother - lol. I told him my tummy would get bigger and bigger as the baby grew. I know this is such an abstract thing for him - I guess all I can do is answer his questions as they arrive and not make too big a deal about it. Thankfully, he went to sleep really quickly tonight - probably due to the short nap. I think he was even asleep before 8:00 - that hasn't happened in weeks!
Here are some pictures and video from today with some pool pictures, as promised!
We checked on Andrew's flight this morning a little after 8 and saw that he had arrived, and then later got an e-mail saying that he had made it to his Hotel! He said he was tired, and was just going to eat and go on to bed - definitely can't blame him for that.
Johnny and I had a good day overall. We had a great breakfast of pancakes, and then he played while I did a few chores and cleaned up from breakfast. Then, I thought we should go to Wal-mart partly to grocery shop, and partly to buy him a new baby pool. The one I had bought last year had sprung a leak, but I felt like we got our 10 dollar's worth out of it. Only problem was, I realized when I got up to the register with a cart full of stuff (and the woman had already checked half of it) that I did not have my wallet with me! I had cleaned it out, and remembered putting it back in my purse, but now I wasn't sure if it was at home or if it had fallen out of my purse at some point! I tried to pay with a check, but didn't have my driver's license number. So, I asked her to hold the cart and we made a flying trip home to try and find my wallet. We had been in the store for a while, so I told Johnny he needed to go potty while we were home, and he pulled down his own pants, sat, pulled his pants up, and dumped the potty cup all out on his own!! I was so impressed! I was frantically searching for the wallet or something to pay with and came up with my passport and a credit card that we don't use much and we headed back to the store. I was in a hurry, and carried Johnny in from the parking lot, much to his disappointment - he was kicking and screaming, and then made him hold my hand once I let him walk in the store - but he was still screaming! Everyone in the store was staring at us..lol. I finally stopped and told him that I knew he was mad, but we were in a hurry, and if he wouldn't hold my hand, then I would have to carry him. He finally calmed down, thankfully. We found the cart, paid for the stuff, checked customer service, and did a sweep of the store, but no wallet. I was starting to panic that I was going to have to cancel our cards, and with Andrew in Hong Kong, that was NOT going to be a good thing! BUT - I finally found it later this afternoon in the house. Yes - I need to fold laundry really badly...
We were both starving at this point, so we had lunch, and Johnny helped me make the egg sandwiches - he did a great job cracking the eggs and scrambling them. He ate a really good lunch, and had a marshmallow for dessert which he and the smore's display at Wal-mart had talked me into :) I made us both smore's, but he was not impressed. I'm thinking it was partially because they were the microwave version - really not the same at all. It was a little after noon, so I thought we could go and set up the pool and play outside just a bit before his nap - hoping to help him actually take a nap - although I thought he was pretty tired already, as he had already had a few tantrums about things. We didn't get the pool filled up all the way, but he LOVED it. I think his favorite part was that he was allowed to splash out of it (unlike the tub!) :) I didn't get any pictures of him in the pool today, but I definitely will tomorrow. He played and played and played and ran in and out of it. Finally I said it was time to come in, and before we started reading at naptime he said "I played in the pool!" He fell asleep pretty quick for his nap - although it was after 1:00, maybe 1:15, but he slept until 4:00!! I couldn't believe it. I think he was just exhausted. I took a bit of a nap while he was down, too.
We had a snack not long after he woke up, and I thought we might get to go back out to the pool, but then it started raining. So he played and rode his bikes, and I worked on folding laundry (finally) and then cooked dinner. We had a toddler's dream dinner - hot dogs, mac and cheese, and applesauce. I also cooked some of Fred's sugar snap peas which were awesome, but Johnny wasn't too interested in those. He said during dinner that he wanted to watch the Cars Movie that we just got for him, but then he changed his mind when we went out to pick the cucumber and check the mail, and he played in the pool again until Andrew called.
It was great to see and talk to Andrew on Skype. He looked good - they are staying in the Hyatt Regency - I think he said Sha Tin. He said he slept about 4 1/4 hours on the plane and that the flights were fine, but that the second one was just really long.. He said they were going to meet "today" (Sunday) starting at 10 and that they are going to a show tonight, so he probably won't get to go to bed early, unfortunately. It was so great to talk to him, and Johnny was really glad to see him. He definitely is missing Andrew and asked about him a lot - especially this morning, and then at dinner time when he usually comes home from work.
I got Johnny in bed a little late tonight - probably around 7:50, but it took him an hour to fall asleep! I am guessing it was because of the long nap, but he did seem tired at bedtime. Anyway - it is time for me to go to bed too, as I am beat! Looking forward to brunch at Church tomorrow and the service. Sleep well, all!
Here are some pictures (yes - he wanted to be naked most of the day, if you're wondering based on the pictures!) I did get some clothes on him for the trip to Wal-mart.
Andrew is Hong Kong-bound and Johnny and I are flying solo. I heard from Andrew that he made it to JFK just fine, and then talked to him just before he boarded the flight to Hong Kong. He isn't very excited about the trip, but I hope it goes well and he has some fun all the same.
I had a good day at work, and got all the stuff that had to be done at work done before I left, and made it to the pre-natal yoga class that I've been going to in town, which was nice. Went by the house for just a bit. I noticed it was getting darker and darker and darker outside, and finally it started raining and hailing!! It was really crazy out there. The hail was mostly pebble sized, but some of it was almost an inch or so in diameter. I hadn't seen hail in a long time. By the time I headed out to go to Johnny's day care Memorial Day party, the hail had slowed down and it was just raining hard. I headed on over there and watched the toddlers eat the cheese puffs, cheese, fruit, and oreos :) Andrew, you'll be glad to know that the Oreos were a big hit. Ellie stuffed a whole one in her mouth, and one of the other little girls took them apart and ate just the cream filling out from the inside - pretty funny. I think Johnny ate everything on his plate! He had a good day they said, and was in the same clothes and had eaten all of his lunch and taken about an hour and a half nap.
Johnny went with me to get my hair cut, and he was sooo patient. Because it had been so long since I had gotten it cut, and this woman is sooo fastidious, it took an hour! Thankfully she had a window on Main street and there was lots of interesting traffic for him to watch, and I had brought some little cars and a sucker, and she had some crayons and paper. He was starting to lose it towards the end, though, and frankly, I was getting tired of sitting still! I had told him that I would take him out to dinner, and asked him what he wanted, and he said chick-fil-a, of course :). We had to go by the house (not a full-blown accident, but in need of some drier underwear), and then we headed back out to chick-fil-a. We had a really good dinner, and he actually ate mostly his chicken, but very little fruit or french fries. He thoroughly enjoyed his ice cream from the toy trade-in :)
He had a great time playing on the play ground, and was a little hesitant at first, but must have gone down the slide 20 times once he got warmed up! A woman started talking to me, saying I looked familiar, turns out she was Rev. Gamble's daughter, Kathryn. She and her husband have moved to Fuquay, and they were there with their three kids - a 3 year old boy (or perhaps he was just turned 4?), a 19-month old girl, and an almost 5-month old boy. All very cute, but she said it was alot to handle - I can only imagine! She was very nice, and I really enjoyed talking with her.
Johnny didn't want to go home, but it was getting close to 7, so we headed on home and pretty much went straight for the bath. He kept most of the water in the tub, and we read in the corner from the High Five magazine, and then Good Night, Gorilla. He did a pretty good job sitting still. He seemed ready to get into bed, but tossed and turned for well over half an hour. I went in to check on him, and we'll just say he needed a diaper change. So, I did that, rocked him just a minute and then he was ready to get back in. He said he wanted a book, and I figured it couldn't hurt, so I gave him the Boats book, and he finally went on to sleep shortly after that. And now it's time for me to do the same. I hope when I wake up to find that your flight has landed, Andrew, and you are safe and sound on land on the other side of the world! I promise there will be some pictures tomorrow.
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