Just Dad Day 1
It was a bit of a scramble getting my wife ready to go on her trip. She hadn't finished packing when I got home from work. I looked after Oliver as she got the last odds and ends together. We had thought that we might go out to eat and then do some grocery shopping before driving her to the airport. But between packing and hunting for Oliver's shoes, that was not to be.
We went to Outback for dinner. We ordered our food and attempted to entertain Oliver. He ran out of patience with dinner before our entrees arrived. From that point on, we played Parent Tag, as one of us would follow Oliver around the restaurant while the other ate food. Since it was a Monday night, there were big patches of the restaurant that were clear of other diners, so I kept trying to corral him there to with some measure of success. It is a good thing that he is so cute otherwise we would have annoyed the other diners much more than we were already doing so.
After dinner we piled into the car and headed to the airport. Oliver fell asleep on the way. I dropped my wife off at the airport. After a quick good bye, Oliver and I headed home. When we got there, I went ahead to open the door and leave the screen ajar so that I could get Oliver in the house with no problems. But as I was getting Oliver from the car, our House Cat decided that he wanted to go outside. I took Oliver up to bed, but I ended up putting him down too quickly for him to drift back off to sleep. So I took him downstairs to change into his pajamas and walk back down to sleep. Thankfully it was raining out, so the cat didn't want to stay out long and I didn't have to chase him down.
Oliver was having a hard time settling back down and then the phone rang. So much for a first run at getting him to sleep. After disposing of my sister-in-law, I started walking him down to sleep when the phone rang again. This time it was Mommy who wanted to see how her darling was doing. After a quick update, I finally got to finish walking him down. Twenty minutes later, he was out. From there the rest of the night was pretty routine. He woke up once around 3:00 and a quick diaper sent him back to sleep.
He woke up for good around 6:00. Ordinarily, my wife will nurse him for a bit and then he'll drift back to sleep for an hour or so. Lacking the technology, it was time to get up. We went downstairs for breakfast. But since we hadn't gone out to the store last night, pickings were slim. I ended up making some eggs for us and Oliver had some pear. He was doing pretty well until he was finished and I wasn't there to pick up his plate which went flying. We took a quick shower, changed our clothes, and got the bags ready for the day. But then I had to go out and shovel the walk and warm up the car. A few tears and shovels full of snow later it was time to go.
One day down. Two to go.
We went to Outback for dinner. We ordered our food and attempted to entertain Oliver. He ran out of patience with dinner before our entrees arrived. From that point on, we played Parent Tag, as one of us would follow Oliver around the restaurant while the other ate food. Since it was a Monday night, there were big patches of the restaurant that were clear of other diners, so I kept trying to corral him there to with some measure of success. It is a good thing that he is so cute otherwise we would have annoyed the other diners much more than we were already doing so.
After dinner we piled into the car and headed to the airport. Oliver fell asleep on the way. I dropped my wife off at the airport. After a quick good bye, Oliver and I headed home. When we got there, I went ahead to open the door and leave the screen ajar so that I could get Oliver in the house with no problems. But as I was getting Oliver from the car, our House Cat decided that he wanted to go outside. I took Oliver up to bed, but I ended up putting him down too quickly for him to drift back off to sleep. So I took him downstairs to change into his pajamas and walk back down to sleep. Thankfully it was raining out, so the cat didn't want to stay out long and I didn't have to chase him down.
Oliver was having a hard time settling back down and then the phone rang. So much for a first run at getting him to sleep. After disposing of my sister-in-law, I started walking him down to sleep when the phone rang again. This time it was Mommy who wanted to see how her darling was doing. After a quick update, I finally got to finish walking him down. Twenty minutes later, he was out. From there the rest of the night was pretty routine. He woke up once around 3:00 and a quick diaper sent him back to sleep.
He woke up for good around 6:00. Ordinarily, my wife will nurse him for a bit and then he'll drift back to sleep for an hour or so. Lacking the technology, it was time to get up. We went downstairs for breakfast. But since we hadn't gone out to the store last night, pickings were slim. I ended up making some eggs for us and Oliver had some pear. He was doing pretty well until he was finished and I wasn't there to pick up his plate which went flying. We took a quick shower, changed our clothes, and got the bags ready for the day. But then I had to go out and shovel the walk and warm up the car. A few tears and shovels full of snow later it was time to go.
One day down. Two to go.
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