Happy Poppa's Day!

A belated Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there.  I hope everyone was able to relax and enjoy themselves.

I can't say we did anything special, but we went to lunch and did a little shopping, watched some basketball and just generally relaxed.  It's always hard to know, but I think Carmen had a good time.

We went to a party Saturday night and took Jayden with us.  It started early, at 5 pm, so we took Jayden with us.  I ended up putting him to bed at the party (the hostess set up a pack n play for me) and he slept for a couple hours there, which I was really impressed with.  I tried to keep him asleep, but he was awake most of the ride home.  He promptly passed back out when I put him in his crib, but it still made for a late and interrupted night of sleep.  And I think he's still recovering from it.  He's been incredibly fussy the past two days, having more fits than ever before and just generally not being himself.  He's been sleeping okay at night (that's me knocking on wood, in case you couldn't tell), but still grumpy and refusing to eat by the time I get to see him at night.  I try to remember how much I love him, and I tell him that over and over again, but it definitely makes life a little harder when you know how much he can be when he's actually being fun.

On Saturday Jayden got his second haircut.  I never realize just how crazy his hair is until we take him in for a cut or I see the pictures at the barber just before the cut.  Turns out he was pretty overdue for a cut.  He was great, again.  It was a busy Saturday at the barber shop, but all the guys were impressed with how quiet and calm Jayden was.

See?!?  He had quite a 'fro going, apparently.

The barber kept waiting for Jayden to cry or smile or laugh or make any kind of noise whatsoever.  But nothing.  He just sat there and looked around.

Jayden and Daddy checking out the view in the backyard.  

Posing for the camera with Mama and loving the new haircut.

I tried to get Jayden to take a picture with Carmen on Sunday, but I never was able to get the two of them in the same place at the same time, sitting still and happy.  So you'll have to settle for photos of Jayden "celebrating" Daddy by exploring the dirt-filled backyard.

How old does he look here?  He was SO happy to be outside with his truck.  Except now he wants to take it outside every single day, which just isn't possible on weeknights, sadly.

Monster Jayden!

Finally got him to be still long enough to be in a photo with me.  Love the expression on his face - it does not even look like him.

He got himself in a bit of a predicament when he crawled almost under the truck.  He whined, but he figured his own way out of it, which made me proud (it's the little things like this that matter when they're this young).

Last night was my company's annual dinner.  Carmen went to his client's event in Denver, so I was on my own yesterday with childcare.  It was a little hectic and was extremely hard on Jayden - apparently he pretty much cried from 4:30 when I left him with the babysitter until 7:15, when she finally put him to bed.  During that time, he ate two crackers and that was it.  Amazingly, he slept until about 7:00 am this morning, but then ate everything he saw when we got downstairs.  Tomorrow is going to probably be worse: I have an early morning for work, so Jayden and I will have to leave the house by 7:20.  He'll eat breakfast at Juju's - since he again barely ate dinner tonight, we'll see how he handles the car ride.  I may have tears in my eyes driving from Juju's to work, but maybe he'll surprise me.  Maybe.

It is definitely time to go to bed now considering the ridiculous hour I have to get up tomorrow and how much I have to do tomorrow.  But before I sign off,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA /GRANDMA BARB!  

We all love you so much and which you the best year yet.  We can't wait to see you in a little more than a week!