Weekend Adventures

Our days have been starting really early as of late.  OK, Dad and Bubeaner are normally awake by this time, but Momma (NOT a morning person) has been joining them too.  We have been working on making breakfast our family meal since Dad can't get home by the time Bubeaner needs to eat.  And so far it has been working great.  We get to spend quality time together as a family while sharing a meal together.  Saturday, for example, we were all up by 6a and happily eating Nutella crepes with mango by 630a.  Both boys LOVE their nuss nougat crepes.

Flirting with an "older woman" at the playground

 

He insisted on going up the steps on his own

  

In the afternoon, Dad and aunt Pau joined us for a trip to our "new" playground.  Bubeaner was hilarious.  He insisted on doing a little perimeter check.  He then went down the BIG slide all by himself!!!  But it was too stressful for the adults, so we moved on to the little slide.  Bubeaner decided to make it more challenging by going down face first and then trying to crawl back up the slide.  Of course, he is definitely his mother's child and would get distracted halfway up by the rocks that were obviously NOT supposed to be there.

But he needed help getting into the slide... 
he usually wants to go face first.

 

His father's son:

Bubeaner insisted on putting all the rocks, 

one by one, back where they belonged. 

  

 

We have been telling Bubeaner that Bebe is in Momma's tummy.  He actually will go and pat the tummy and give it kisses saying "bebe, bebe".  Well lately, as well as calling Momma by her given name, he's also started calling her Bebe.  Sigh.  On the bright side, he has started using some new words.  He now calls for his lovey by name.  And, almost like he knows she'll be visiting soon, Bubeaner keeps calling out for aunt Lari.

 

Exhausted parents

Energizer Bubeaner wants to keep going

  

Sunday we decided to take it easy and go to the later, 9a mass.  This gave Dad and Bubeaner more playing time.  We are not sure what happened or if this is just the new norm, but Bubeaner was difficult during mass.  He actually had two throw-himself-on-the-ground-kicking-and-screaming tantrums! TWO!!  

The first one was while we were sitting at the pew and Bubeaner actually hit his head against the pew in front.  Thankfully, it was right as we were getting up for communion.  And he LOVES to walk down the aisle so that stopped that tantrum.  Right after communion he started fussing again so we got up and stepped out onto the atrium where the second one occurred.  As we just watched him kicking on the ground, we looked at another couple with their own 1-2 year old in the middle of a fit and realized their resigned, beat-down expression mirrored our feelings.  We are now THAT couple.  You know, the one with the misbehaving kid, with the worn-down expression you feel sorry for in the restaurant/church/store.  Where did our well-behaved little boy go?

OK, so Bubeaner is still an easy-going and pretty obedient child.  Actually, more than most children we've encountered, which is probably why these little incidents take us so much by surprise.  Sigh. (We've also found ourselves sighing more lately.)

Enjoying his sushi rolls

"Man, this is finger-licking good!"

  

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful except for the fact that Bubeaner refused to take an afternoon nap.  Instead he opted for playing with Dad and aunt Pau.  We decided to have an early dinner at our favorite Asian restaurant since we expected Bubeaner would not last long.  Bubeaner loved his sushi rolls.  He could not get enough.  Our waiter was amused at how much Bubeaner was actually enjoying it.  He was so stuffed, that soon after we got home Bubeaner was ready for bed without any fuss or protests. 

"I am so STUFFED I can't even move"

 

As to Bubita, today we reached 23 weeks!  She continues to kick, kick and kick.  She does it more and more at ALL times of the day and night now.  And she is getting even stronger!  Bubita's current entertainment includes kicking back where ever Momma puts her hand on the belly.  Well, that, and also kicking Momma's bladder as hard as possible.  So far we have not had any other "incidents" of vertigo/dizziness.  And Momma's blood pressure continues to be great.  The only big noticeable thing is Momma's belly.  Even though Momma weighs less than with Bubeaner at this stage, the belly is HUMONGOUS!  It's a little unsettling to think how much bigger it might get by 37 weeks (the time Bubita is allowed to make her grand entrance).