A Day

As I've said before, I like calm Mondays. They are a nice ease into our routine. Today was no different, just another day of exploration around the 'hood.

Today's lunch was the first meal that B has eaten off of a "big boy" plate. (Okay, so it was plastic, but still a plate.) I took pictures, but if you'd like to see them you'll have to hassle Ryan to upload them. That's his division. B only tried to dump the plate into his lap or onto the floor a couple of times. Really, this is progress.

After B's nap, I decided to try out the newly "baby-proofed" bathroom by taking a bath. This was B's first time roaming freely through the room while I bathed. Let's just say his ingenuity makes baby-proofing a challenge. He found a way to reach into the latched drawers. He figured out how to open the linen closet. He busted out of the bathroom's French doors and into the the bedroom. Then, he tried to drop the scale into my bath water. I KNEW it couldn't be as easy as installing a few latches, freeing the space of the Pack 'N Play, and enjoying a relaxing soak. I have a certain feeling that many more items will be tossed into my tub by the time B finally grows out of the must-be-supervised-at-all-times stage. Oh well.

We quickly got dressed and headed out for a walk. B was very excited to sit in his stroller, so I KNEW we were in for a nice break. Admittedly, it had been a while since we had strolled, so it took my about half a mile to notice that the stroller just didn't feel like it used to feel. Was it because B had grown? Was my physical fitness in such a quick and frightening demise? Ahhh, nope. We were merely strolling through the neighborhood with a flat tire. That was pretty embarrassing. Our adventure cut short, we limped back to the house and decided that a graham cracker would be the perfect solution to the stress.