Unlike most mornings when only toss and turn a bit before announcing to Dad that I’m ready for my bottle, I bobbed in and out of sleep for a couple hours. Twice Dad got up and started warming my bottle, only to come back in to the bed room to find me fast asleep. Finally, around 5:30, I was ready to eat. Dad was clearly pooped, but we got through the bottle uneventfully. Dad tried to play with me for a while, but by 6:30 I was screaming loud enough to wake Mom up in the other room (and poor Claire must have already been up for a while!).
Mom fed me again and then all three of us took a nap (Dad was asleep as soon as Mom came in). I woke up at 8:30 to eat and then I ate again at 9:30. Dad was on a mission to clean the apartment (for the last time this summer!) and in his exuberence he woke me up while mopping the floor in the bedroom. Aunt Claire went out to interview for a babysitting gig and Mom had yoga, so Dad and I went to Starbucks so I could nap and he could get some work done. We met Mom after yoga and then headed home to wait for Uncle Steve to visit us.
Uncle Steve finally got here a bit after 3:00 and he obviously has held lots of babies before because he was super-comfortable holding me. Mom and Dad put me to bed for an afternoon nap at 3:30 but I was up by 4:15. So much for that attempt.
Finally he and Dad left to have some guy time and Mom, Aunt Claire, and I went to Patagonia to exchange a jacket that Aunt Claire accidentally screwed up. Then we went to Therapie for Aunt Claire to look around but we ended up buying a $23 bottle of baby sunscreen. Wow, I’m expensive.
We met Uncle Steve and Dad in Central Park and walked back to the apartment. Mom, Dad, and Uncle Steve had dinner plans and Aunt Claire was nice enough to stick around and take care of me. Mom fed me a bit earlier than usual and Dad put me to bed around 8:00. It’ll be interesting to see how long I sleep tonight!
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