How we spend our days

Brady wakes up, cries, and instead of spending time getting him back to sleep I just cart him into our room and we snuggle.

7:45 am

Up for the day.  I change his diaper and make some breakfast.

8:00 am

He doesn’t want the oatmeal.  The past few days he’s just wanted milk instead and then will eat later.  Milk it is.

While he drinks I do the dishes and clean up the kitchen.  I’m not usually this productive first thing but I’m expecting a visit from my mom bright and early so I need to pick up.  (She ended up not coming until the next day.)

8:28 am

A little play time.

8:37 am

Time for me to grab a bite to eat and get my coffee.

I break Brady’s cardinal rule: DON’T LEAVE ME ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GATE.

8:39
I eat and he steals a bite here and there while PBS kids plays in the background.

8:44 am

He starts work on a present just for me.

8:57 am

Diaper change.

9:04 am

Laundry.  Do you know how hard it is to complete this task with such a good “helper” around?

9:08 am

I take a video of him saying “thank you!” (you can watch it here)

9:21 am

I attempted to give him the oatmeal one last time but he refuses so he has a peanut-butter banana muffin.

9:26 am

Fold more of yesterday’s laundry (I loathe folding) this load is baby clothes.

9:50 am

I clean up the muffin mess and get B dressed for the day.

10:00 am

Shower.

10:29 am

Baby snack: yogurt, blueberries and water.

10:47 am

Diaper change.

11:04 am

Should have waited a few more minutes, he makes another poo dipe for me.

11:14 am

Dad gets home for lunch.  I go to trade out cars at the dealership – we’ve been test driving a few.

12:01 pm

Husband and I eat a Sonic lunch and Brady decides to eat bread and goldfish.

This is what the floors looks like after…

12:35 pm

Afternoon bottle.

…and we get some snuggle time.

12:45 pm

Nap time.

12:47 pm

I get my computer time.

3:00 pm

He’s up!

3:03 pm

I change his diaper again, and change him and I into our swimming suits.

3:20 pm

We arrive at the splash pad and get our swim on.

We’re home from the pool and dad is home from work.  (Yes, he’s icing his shins with frozen corn.)

4:50 pm

A snack of applesauce

More play time.

5:40 pm

Yet another present for me, what a generous boy he is today.  He needs clean clothes so I just go ahead and put on his pjs.

5:55 pm

He has dinner – carrots and green beans.

6:27 pm

Some milk

6:52 pm

Another poo dipe.  Somethings not quite right.

7:30 pm

The three of us play in his room and read books.

I put the camera away.  More play time.

9:05 pm

Grandma stops by for about an hour so the nighttime bottle is delayed just a bit.

10:15 pm

Nighttime bottle (that includes a big dose of rice cereal).

10:45 pm

Asleep.

11:01 pm

Awake and crying.  What the heck?

11:25 pm

Awake and crying yet again.  Good grief…

11:31 pm

He is back asleep and down for the night.  Time for me to crash.