traveling - day 6

The phone rang in the house this morning at 5:30 a.m.. I am apparently the only one who did not hear it because Mom, Dad and Jace were all awakened. I didn't know why Jace was making noise in the crib that early but I pretended not to hear him. I lay in the bed completely motionless hoping that he would not notice me. I knew if he spotted me moving he would cry and want to be picked up. After several minutes of him talking to himself, bouncing in the crib and tapping on the nearby closet doors he did lay down and go back to sleep. He and I then slept in until 8! It was great.

The rest of our day was also pleasant. It was overcast today. Still warm but the clouds made it nice. Jace ate a 1/4 slice of watermelon with his breakfast. (That made for an interesting diaper this evening.) Mom, Jace and I made a morning trip to the grocery store. We visited with several people there and had to backtrack a couple times to get everything on the list. Jace was spaced out and tired by the time we were back at home. While he napped Mom and I had lunch and time to talk.

This afternoon we did a little shopping on Main street. Jace rarely spits up anymore but decided to spew once we were inside Leigh floral. Mom took the worst of the mess but Fritz had to bring me a paper towel to clean up a little spot on the floor. It was embarrassing but at least he didn't hit any of the beautiful, expensive items in the store.

This evening we just enjoyed some quiet time at home. Jace played contentedly by himself for a long time. My Dad tied a turtle pull toy to the large plastic tub that Jace likes to push around the living room. Now when Jace pushes it the little turtle chases along behind him.....Ding...Ding....Ding. We can hear him wherever he goes.

Jace ate a ton at dinner. After he finished the jar of Corn and Sweet potato baby food he ate 1/2 a hamburger patty and bits of cherry and a dill pickle chip. I'm a little worried about what all that will do to the diaper.

The air conditioning turned on and Jace started cooling his toes over the vent.

When Grandma Joy took his hands to steer him out of the fridge he started walking up the drawers inside.