First Father's Day

Drew has been out of town this weekend, so my mom has been around to help with Graham. Our first mission was to pick up and assemble Drew's Father's Day dining table for the back porch. Luckily, Graham was sleepy on Friday night and we were able to put everything together (after some trial and error). Saturday my dad joined us for an early Father's Day lunch at The Loop. Our restaurant options were limited to places where you pre-pay and don't have to wait for a waitress...no explanation needed here, right? Dining out has been a little more difficult because a few minutes after we get our plates of food, Graham decides he wants some TLC. Usually, we can hold him a little while until he falls asleep, and then put him back in his carseat.

Sleepy cries are a new thing we're learning to detect, and we try to put him down in his crib a twice a day for naps. It's been much easier than I thought until the last couple days. I think he's not napping as well because either his "Swaddleme" blankets are getting too short, or because his room is too warm in the afternoon. To rule out the potential blanket problem, my mom and I went to Babies R Us today for some essentials: bigger swaddle blankets, bigger onesies (or bodysuits I should say...did you know that Gerber has a lock on the term "onesie"?), and cotton diapers (aka good burp clothes). We got home just in time for Graham to set up his Father's Day gift before Drew got home. He put a card on the table directing Drew to the back porch for a refreshing bottle coke...where the dining table awaited. As a sidenote, this gift was desperately needed because the plastic chairs we had been using probably cost about $8 each when I bought them eight years ago from Walmart, and the arms were broken off. I think Drew enjoyed his surprise. I also think he missed the little boy in the "I Love My Daddy" jumper.