Goofydaddy's Return - Quick Update

Poor Goofydaddy. When he got home he gradually felt worse and worse. He thinks he ate something a little "off" on the way home. Our plans of going to my G-pa's memorial service together had to change. Goofydaddy stayed behind to get better, while Aria and I headed out Sunday evening. Separated again :-(

Aria did really well with me. I'm a pro at flying solo by now, so I didn't even think twice about going alone with her :-) She was really good. Thank goodness.

We are home now and I'm trying to get things back together and take care of some much needed cleaning.

So, WELCOME HOME GOOFYDADDY! And we are glad you are finally feeling better.

Here are a couple pictures from our trip:

Aria fiddles on the piano with my cousin before my G-pa's service

My sister poses with Aria and all her buddies

Day Seven & Eight

Yay! The last two days are done. Aria was surprisingly grouchy these two days and I'm pretty sure she's getting sick of me. We need to mix some Daddy in there desperately.

Aria offering me "wine" with her cheese

Yesterday was fun because we had a neighborhood street Happy Hour. This is always nice because Aria plays real hard and then goes to bed easily. It's just out front so I get some adult interaction with the monitor right there if she needs me (which she hardly does). Today we did the mall playground circuit - we hit the first mall early and then met up with Austin at the 2nd mall. That was fun because she was totally entertained with little help from me and it was climate controlled!

Aria and Austin taking turns on the slide

Happy Aria!

She had fallen asleep in the car, so when we got home she woke up too much to take a nap (she tried for an hour). This like never happens! So later in the afternoon we went to a grocery store and she slept through the entire thing - even going from the car seat to stroller and back. This evening was nice...Austin's parents invited us over for dinner and the kids had so much fun. They were REALLY interacting for pretty much the first time. It was the cutest thing...of course it's the one time I forget my camera. They got a couple shots, so I will have to get those from them.

Goofydaddy should be showing up in the middle of the night tonight. I'm so excited. I made it through the week. I knew I could do it, but I was just nervous about doing it all alone for so long. It made it much more manageable with all the help from my neighbors. You guys are the best!!!

I'm glad I have the week documented with the blog for Goofydaddy because I can barely remember yesterday! He has so many of her new things to catch-up on. I can't wait to hear his opinion of how much she's changed. And I can't wait to get the details of his travels.

Over and out!

Day Six - "A Big Froggy"

2 more full days to go! I can do this :-) Today she was pretty good and just routine. On the way home we stopped at a store and they had water toys on sale. So, I picked out a frog pool, squirty thing. Aria loved it even without the water.

A face only a mother could love - HAHA!

We went over to Austin's to play with the frog and the pool he has. Austin's dad sang Ring Around the Roses and it was so cute that Austin and Aria held hands. The evening went by so fast and soon it was bedtime. I had a fun time being with adults after work.

Ring Around the Roses

Aria gets squirted in the face!

Aria and Austin take a little break

Kevin finally sent a short e-mail. He said he scraped one side of his face...yikes! Hope you are ok Goofydaddy. We miss you soooooo much!

Day Five - "I lub Daddy!"

I LUB DADDY!

Ok, we're ready for you to come home, Goofydaddy. Things are going alright, but life if so much better with you around!

Aria slept in a little later this morning (7:15), which was nice. I was so worried about getting ready in the morning and it hasn't been bad at all. She had a good day at school too. The teacher caught on to Aria's poo schedule...I was being greeted since the end of last week by a poo diaper and not realizing it until I went to pick her up to take her up the steps (GROSS). One day it got all over my arm! Apparently Aria's got a clock in her pants, so the last two days they've changed her diaper before I got there. It's cool they figured it out and are on the look out for it (the last place would have never adjusted in this way). They are changing her earlier that hour as well, but she is just going RIGHT before I picked her up. So today when I arrived she was getting her diaper changed and I had a nice talk with the teacher. One thing she said is that Aria is one of the last kids to fall asleep at naptime. She talks and talks and says "nite-nite" like 50 times, haha! The teacher said it she's not keeping the other kids up because they are used to noises (thank goodness). Then she's one of the last to wake up, which seems to fit the nap-time Aria I know.

When we got home we went to the playground. She climbed up the stairs and went down the slide all by herself (with me waiting for her at the end of the slide).

Then after dinner we went back out and played in the neighbors sprinkler :-) I call it her pre-bath to get the bug spray and sunscreen off, hehe.

Day Four - "I fall down"

Folks, we have a faker on our hands.

Today is another good day. Although, Aria got upset for the first time this morning when I dropped her off. She seemed a little crankier than normal this morning. She just cried for like 30 seconds when we got to her classroom, but then I handed the little broom to her and she was fine.

This morning she also said to me after I pulled her out of the crib, "See Daddy." Awwwwww.

After school we pulled out the bubbles and Aria actually blew bubbles. I didn't know she could do this yet. She always used to put the wand in her mouth instead of up to her mouth. Just a couple weeks pass and there we have it...bubbles!

This evening I had flute choir practice and after going down the list of neighbors and friends to baby-sit for a couple hours, my wonderful neighbor Julie and her daughter came to the rescue (again)! She said Aria was good and I'm glad! I came home to a sleeping baby, so I'm happy with that.

Kevin e-mailed and said that his Blackberry is almost out of juice and he won't be able to blog. Apparently there is an internet cafe they can get to, but it's just a matter of finding the time. :-( I miss having contact with my husband!

Day Three - "I step a worm!"

Before Aria headed off to school we played outside for a couple minutes. She is always surprising me with the things she comes up with. I'm not fond of bugs, so it's possible that she learned this from me.

I step a worm!"

I believe that is the same stick from yesterday. She's very loyal to her sticks.

An Austin Powers trick. She actually got it turned all the way around.

It was so nice...when I got home from picking Aria up and running to the grocery store, my next door neighbor took Aria on a little wagon ride. (She is constantly surprising me with the things that come out of her garage. The car above is from them too.) This was just enough time to change, put the groceries away and start an easy dinner. Thank you Julie!!!

5 more days to go. Still missing you Goofydaddy!

PS Aria is working on "I love you daddy" and she should have it down in a few days. It's getting close!!!

Day Two - "Watch the bucket"

Today we had a good morning and we went to the 10:00 service at church. On the way to church Aria started babbling about watching the bucket - haha! Apparently that Water Park really made an impact on her. I had my camera with me and just turned it on while I was driving. My eyes were on the road...not in the view finder :-)

I think she says "Watch the bucket...I'm excited"

After a long nap, Aria woke up a little cranky. So threw her in the stroller and we took a walk around the neighborhood. I saw a stick she might like and I gave it to her. I think that cheered her up!

When we got back to the house, Austin was out playing in his new babypool. It was so hot out I thought it was a perfect time to enjoy a popsicle.

Daddy requests:

Aria asked for Daddy multiple times today. It's hard to keep track! We miss you Goofydaddy.