bye-bye Da - day 8

This is the longest Joel has been gone in a while. It is feeling endless. He will be home late tomorrow but may have to be gone again next week. I hate it.

Jace and I finally got some party chores done today. We got a late start. We slept late this morning and that ends up pushing the nap time back. It was middle of the afternoon before we got out of the house. We did some power shopping. Jace did really well. He was bored and started to get tired. The only store he enjoyed was Gymboree. It is a kids clothing store that has a TV built into a low shelf and lots of cube chairs to sit on (or climb on, or push around). Jace watched a few minutes of the cartoons and then started pushing the chairs around. We were the only shoppers in the store so he had all the play space he wanted. He pushed one of the chairs down the isle and started pulling socks off the closest shelf. When I went to put the socks back I noticed Jace was stinky. We had to get going and find a changing station.

The last stop today was the Party store. Jace was super tired by then and getting hungry so I was hurrying. As soon as we walked in the store he looked up, pulled the Binky out of his mouth, pointed at the balloons and said, "ba". Yes, Jace we will definitely get some balloons for your birthday.

Today's photo: My tired little man in front of the 1st birthday stuff at the store. He has been using the Binky a lot more lately and when he is really tired he tugs his hair.