Two Parent Household, most of the time

Caleb loves Mommy AND Daddy! I walk into daycare to pick him up and he immediately starts to giggle and bounce. Then Daddy walks in the door from work and he starts to giggle and bounce. He lunges for both of us. I love how much Caleb loves his Daddy.

Since Caleb was six weeks old there have been several times when one parent or the other is out of town for the week or weekend. And each parent completely trusts the other to handle anything that may come up. I have had a couple weekends out of state even and I've never worried about Josh not handling single parenting for the weekend. Well this weekend it was my turn to stay home and Daddy to leave. Daddy left Thursday(3/1) after work to go fishing, and came home Sunday afternoon(3/4). But he didn't feel well and went to bed shortly after coming home.

Well Caleb and I not only survived but thrived. Caleb had TWO play dates! On Friday Linnea and Severin came over. Sev is about three weeks older than Caleb. He is already walking! What a fun little guy! The two boys had lots of fun together...and I have some further baby proofing to do before I have a walker:)

Cruisin' the neighborhood

Saturday morning Caleb woke up early and so I made us breakfast and off we went grocery shopping. Caleb was already getting a little sleepy for morning nap about halfway through the trip. I was just picking up some flaxseed meal when he started crying. I couldn't figure out from what and picked him up out of the cart. That didn't stop him either so I pushed the cart toward the deli where I knew one of the workers. She said, "Hi!" and the tears stopped. Just like that he was in happy mode. Such a social butterfly!

He fell asleep on the 8 block drive home and then slept for almost two hours. When he woke up he was changed, fed, and on to his next play date. Daddy went fishing with a friend who also has a son, Aaron. Aaron is one month older than Caleb. Again Caleb had fun playing with toys and cruising around a new house. Aaron has a cat and Caleb was quite fascinated with him!

  

















The rest of the day Caleb and I played at home. Caleb is now crawling across rooms on all 4s. He is really getting fast!

We had lots of silly faces this weekend too! Here's one of my favorites:

Sunday we went to church and then brought cousin Josie home with us. She did homework while Caleb napped after church and then we had lunch together. She played with Caleb while I got a few quick things done and then we ran to Target for Josie. We took her home and Caleb fell asleep in the car. By the time he woke up, Daddy came home. Boy was he excited. He had just woken up so I was expecting a groggy hello, but he giggled as soon as he saw Daddy and practically jumped from my arms. That does the heart good!

So Daddy had a great time fishing and Caleb and I had a great time being social butterflies:) All were happy!