Busy, Busy Boy!...

Joel is quite the social butterfly! Yesterday we went to Wauseon in the morning for the Kid's Fishing Derby at the Sportsman's Club with PawPaw and Grandma. We didn't catch any fish, but Joel did touch a worm (YUCK!) and got to have some fun being outdoors and riding with PawPaw on the Gator. We went for lunch and then came home to get ready to go to a wedding reception for my friend Ellie's daughter in Bryan. Unfortunately, there was no napping in between! Joel did crawl around some at the reception and played with my friend Lindsey's little boy, Carter, but for the most part it was too loud, too crowded, and too hot for our little guy. We left after only a couple of hours, came home, took a walk, and went to bed! He slept all night (fourth night in a row!) and I got up with him at 6:45. He stayed awake, so Mom got lots of work done early! He went next door to play with Baby Jayden for a little while this afternoon while I planted some flowers. Jayden's mom was happy to have two little guys instead of one for a while! Joel has now been sleeping for 2 hours, so I need to go get him up soon. I hear him in there, but he's happy. This morning was wonderful. After being up for an hour or so, I got Joel dressed and we went in to our room looking for Daddy. Rob and Joel played for a while on the bed, and then I laid down with them. Joel was a little cranky, so Rob started stroking his head and his cheek and I rubbed his belly. His little eyes rolled back and he fell asleep pretty quickly. That's the first time he has done that! I slept with him for about an hour while Rob had his breakfast and watched the news. Rob came back to snuggle, but Bailey jumped on the bed, woke Joel up, and chaos ensued! It was so nice while it lasted to lay there and snuggle him while he slept. Hopefully there is more of that in our future! More later....