Ready for vacation.

Another low-key weekend.  And it's over.  It's so sad how fast the weekends go, except at least we have vacation to look forward to in three (hopefully) short days this week.

Jayden continues to have his strong opinions about what to do, what not to do, where to go, when to do things, etc.  I've realized we need to set some limits, and we also need to teach him to share!  I guess I kind of figured that would come naturally through daycare, but I wonder if the opposite is happening - because he's the youngest of the boys there, maybe he's even more protective of his stuff?  I ask him to "share" a grape with me or Carmen and I get a very direct "no."  And eventually, if I ask enough, he moves away from both of us and gives me a mean face.  It's hilarious, but it is something he needs to get over.

He also continues to be completely reckless.  Yesterday he fell headfirst off the couch and today he did it again.  Both times one of us was within inches of him, but we weren't able to do anything to catch him.  The good thing is no serious injuries so far.  But I feel like we're counting the days or hours or minutes until we all get a super fun trip to the emergency room.

Jayden was great at swimming lessons again yesterday.  He continues to get more and more relaxed in the water and to go underwater for longer and on his own.  He still gets nervous and still doesn't understand he can't just let go of the side and not sink, but he's getting there.  It's fun to see his progress.

In the afternoon we went to a "celebrity" basketball game for one of Carmen's clients.  It was at a high school gym near our house.  It was fun, although I saw about three minutes of the game - I spent the majority of the game either running back and forth or up and down the bleachers, or outside in the concrete ramps and stairs outside the gym with Jayden.  I had at least two people comment that Jayden was the busiest little boy ever!  Which was pretty true yesterday.  He sat still for the 10 minutes before the game and for the 10 minutes after the game, but that's about it.  He did enjoy the music that was playing - they played Kris Kross "Jump, Jump" and I kept saying the "jump" part to him and he'd go crazy and jump the whole time.  He's hilarious.  He has actually figured out how to jump, which is awesome.  He may only get 1/4" off the ground, but he loves doing it and gets so excited that it's just fun.  The only bad part is that it also means he's learning how to throw a real, full-on temper tantrum.  When he doesn't get what he wants he starts jumping up and down and throwing his arms and whining or crying or whatever.  Can't wait for the first time that happens in a grocery store or a restaurant.

Trying to catch a shot, but he's tooooo faaaaassssst!

I got a smile!

"Hugging" Jasmine.  Poor Jasmine, she's so patient.

As usually happens when we keep him out too long, he didn't have a good afternoon nap.  So it meant bedtime came a little earlier and a whole lot more difficult than it needed to be.  However, even when he's difficult, he's still hilarious and charming.

Reading the book Grandma Barb made with Daddy before bedtime.  He always looks so much smaller on Carmen's lap or in Carmen's arms.  Meanwhile, I hold him for 3-1/2 minutes and am ready to sit down and rest for an hour.  He's just solid, as Julia says.

 Today we did even less.  We all slept in, which was amazing.  Carmen got up first, at 7:30 or so.  I was awake but not really moving.  And Jayden didn't get up until 7:40 or so.  It was great - and good for him.  We went to lunch and then went to a garden center to check out plants and pots for our backyard.  Jayden of course thought the fountains were the best thing ever:

Jumping up and down in excitement about the fountain.  This was the biggest one, but there were many smaller ones we explored as well.

And again, his nap schedule was disrupted by our adventures, so he woke up much earlier than he should have, which again made him more tired than he should have been when it came to the late afternoon.  Even the little bumps required "pick up" (which is what he now says to me when he wants to be picked up) and hugs.

"No mommy!"  

And now he's asleep again and we're ready to start the week, sort of.  Both Carmen and I have a busy three days before we go on vacation, not to mention needing to get everything together to pack and prepare.  So here's hoping things go smoothly, we get to sleep Wednesday night and that we get to rest once we get to Colorado.

I hope everyone had a good weekend also!