The one with a day without dad.

Jose, his sister and his mom headed off to Denver this morning, so Luca and I spent the day with Kelly and Thomas! And then we had dinner with grandpa.

I admire the women who run their households alone, for whatever reason, if your husband travels a lot, or he's in the military, or just has bad work hours--it's hard. I don't like it. 

I had people most of the day today and tomorrow I'll be with Sara and yet still in the very few hours I spend alone find myself wishing Jose was home. I'm glad he is home as much as he is. I think I would go crazy alone all the time. 

Kelly and Thomas came over this morning and we played and then took a walk and went to the park. The boys loved the swings! 

We tried to get Thomas to move using the xbox remote as bait but he didn't buy it. Smart kid. 

Naturally since we had buddies over nobody got food naps. Thomas lost it after our walk so they left early and Luca lost it shortly after. I put him down for a nap just after they left but he only slept for a half hour. And then he was up and basically bipolar until I finally got him to nap again. 

We practiced crawling a lot--well as much as I could get him to do. And he hung out in his hat quite a bit today. 

See the scrunchy nose??? Bah! 

And then. Bam. Waterworks. I fixed his hat a little, so then he noticed it was on a flipped out. So I took it off only to have the drama continue. 

So pathetically sad. He kept scooching around for things and then he would remember how tired he was, cry, smash his face in the carpet a while, and then scooch back over to where I was sitting just to throw himself down on my legs to cry some more. 

Nap time was a blessed thing today. I was worried because of course I finally got him down to nap again just an hour before we were meeting Grandpa Andres for dinner.  So of course I knew he'd sleep long and I'd have to wake him up. Luckily it all worked out and he was happy and then went right to bed when we got home. 

Not until he spit up a ridiculous amount all over me for the 8362629 time today, but he went to bed all the same. 

They played and played while we chatted. And Luca tried on grandpas glasses. 

Well it's time for me to sleep. 

Also. How amazing would this concept be in the kitchen??? I LOVE it. And one day when I design my own home I will do something like this.