Back Together

I picked up our little timesink about an hour ago and he was bright and happy as could be. All his "teachers" said he was a perfect little baby and didn't fuss all day. It also looks like he barely slept and had been awake almost 2.5 hours when I retrieved him from his baby prison. Naturally, he fell sound asleep on the short drive back to our house. I hope he will stay asleep for a few hours so he'll have a normal night. I would hate for a new sleep routine to come out of all this. Namely, one that keeps us both up all night.

But it sure does feel good having my little timesink back in arm's reach. I haven't felt whole all day.

Visiting Hour

Our little timesink looked very happy if a little sleepy when we visited him at his day care. We hope he will get a good long nap in today so he's not a little bear tonight.

I'm so bummed out I can't even play WoW. Sigh....

Sad Day for Mr. Mom

Our little timesink is now in the hands of some very nice strangers at his day care center. It didn't really hit me how much I was going to miss him until I came home from running errands and realized how quiet the house is. His little crib is empty and there are no happy shrieks or the sounds of him pounding on his toys telling me that everything about the world is fine. I miss him and his little bright smile.

This is for the best of the family, right?

No More Rally Baby

The UT onesie that my little timesink was wearing has been thoroughly poopified. UT will just have to win the College World Series on their own.

More Daycare

I visited our timesink's daycare today and got some slightly bad news; his teacher will be on vacation the first week that he will be attending so some "scrub" will be in charge. My wife was not amused.

Sleepy Head

Our little timesink woke up from his 45 minute nap to eat a 5 oz. bottle and then promptly went back to sleep. I did rock him for a little while since he was giving me the "slow blink" and heavy eyelid look. I think he might be storing up some energy to make my afternoon more "interesting."

Growth Spurt?

After being awake for only an hour my little timesink became quite cranky. I assumed he was sleepy but there were none of the usual signs. After trying all different manners of getting him to sleep, the magical swing finally did the trick. However, he only slept for barely an hour and then woke up screamingly hungry.

After feeding him I put him on his play mat and he was fine with it. So I came back to the office to check email (and got a bit wrapped up in it) when I noticed how quiet he had become. When I checked on him he was face down on his tummy and sound asleep with his thumb in his mouth. I checked the time and realized he had only been awake for 30 minutes. I wonder if he's going to be giving me lots of micro-naps to deal with today.

Sleep Fighter

Our little timesink hasn't put up that big of a struggle against taking a nap in a long time. Not even the magical, always-working swing worked this time. I had to resort to taking him outside and letting the breeze hit his face to calm him down. Of course, I normally do that but for some reason this time I forgot to do it before trying to put him to sleep. The lesson has been learned.

Prince of the Sleepers

Two and a half hours and counting. When our little timesink puts his mind to it, he can really sleep. Now if he would only consistently do this every night his daddy might be a little bit less grumpy in the morning.

Princely Slumber

Our little timesink must have been worn out from his first exposure to his day care because he's now been asleep for almost three hours. I hear some finger slurping so I know it won't be long before he's demanding his princely feast.

The day care was exactly as I expected: loud and a bit chaotic. At least it was clean and bright and the teachers were attentive to the rest of the kids. I think our timesink will be okay there but I'm still nervous about turning him over to a bunch of strangers.

On Our Way

The little timesink is finally awake and ready to go. I'll give a report on the day care as soon as I can.

My Mistake

I thought my little timesink was waking up but apparently he's decided to take a pass on today. I guess we'll head over to his day care whenever he decides to rise from his princely slumber.

Big Day

Our little timesink is just waking up from a short nap. Little does he know but he'll soon be whisked away to meet his new teachers at his day care. It saddens me to have to put the little tiger in the care of strangers but in these modern times, the mortgage comes first.

Nice Nap

Neither the cat nor my little timesink woke me up and I was able to sleep for almost two more hours this morning. My wife says I should learn to sleep like the dead like she does. If I did that, we'd have to rely on the cat to feed our little timesink and everybody knows cats can't chanage diapers or hold bottles. It's that whole lack of thumbs thing I think.

Sweet Fancy Moses

Dirty diapers are disgusting.

Mommy Dearest

Won't you please come home?

Sleep Plateau

The peak of one hour must have been an anomaly because it hasn't been matched since. We're back to 30-45 minutes if I'm lucky. Do they ever grow out of this?

And He's Up

At least in his longest nap of the day (one hour) I was able to accomplish my three goals for today: eat, bathe, and brush my teeth. Too bad it's only 12:45 because this daddy already wants a drink. So, when is mommy coming home?

My Mistake

Nope, that second nap lasted only 30 minutes. It's gonna be a long day for daddy.

Down Again

The first nap last barely 45 minutes so here's hoping my little timesink will sleep longer this time so his daddy can get a little rest too.

Tough Sleeper

After 45 minutes of angrily fighting sleep, my little timesink has decided to sleep for only an hour. Was it really worth all that struggle little man?

Still Sleeping

When our little timesink puts his mind to it, he can really sleep. His normal bedtime is around 8:30p but he decided to take a nap at 7:30 and wake up at 8:30 last night. When he finally went to sleep at 9:45 we were all relieved. I heard him stirring about an hour ago but then he went back to sleep. But now that he's coming up on 11 hours of sleep, I'm starting to wonder how insanely hungry he's going to be when he gets up. And his diaper; ugh, I don't want to know what condition it's in.

Behold the Garlic

The harvest was plentiful but the bulbs were a bit on the small side. I didn't count how many individual bulbs we pulled up but there were quite a few.

They completely filled up a paper bag if that counts for anything.

And the rest of the garden jungle continues unabated. Those are green beans in the front, tomatoes to the side and peppers in the back. We picked one "Early Girl" tomato yesterday.

And on the other side of the yard there are zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, okra, onions, and the dying snap peas. The cucumbers always wilt during the heat of the day.

Woke Up Happy

I think anyone would be happy after sleeping eight hours then waking up to eat and then going right back to sleep for another 3.5 hours. My little timesink knows how to store up on the sleep. I just hope this doesn't ruin the rest of his usual nap schedule.