First, the idealistic expectation: Bubeaner pleasantly and quietly sits on our lap or on the pew maybe reading his Bible or just smiling at us. (Yes, we are aware he's a boy and only 17 months old. That is why this is the ideal.)
I'm a well behaved little boy. Just look at this face!
Then, our skewed perception of today's experience: A rowdy, loud child that is unable to sit still bothering and distracting everyone in the church including the priest despite the fact that we are sitting on the very last pew.
Nah! At least not well behaved ALL the time.
He!He!He!
Reality Check: Bubeaner is actually a pretty good and well behaved child at church for his age... with the notible exception of the Hissy-Fit Weekend. He does talk/babble some during the mass but usually in a normal voice; it's not a scream and only gets a little louder when he's "singing" along with the choir. He does move around but sticks to the area between Momma and Dad. Unfortunately, today it was just Momma and Bubeaner at mass. And he used the two extremely sweet and understanding women one either side as his border. Bubeaner appeared to like them since he kept touching them and leaning into them. He even smiled and flirted with them. They said they did not mind, thankfully, since we somehow ended up in the middle of the pew despite our careful planning.
But what are you going to do about it?
I'm just too cute!
We really can't expect any better behavior. We just have to understand that he is a child. He will be a little active, at times a little loud. And at some other times, a little rowdy. There will be times when we will have to step outside and probably a few when we will have to just head home early. But overall, Bubeaner is a well behaved child. We will be able to continue to share our faith as a family.
And that was all considering Bubeaner had slept maybe 3 hours the night before. This was Momma's fault. He slept in the master bedroom in his pack and play. But he just did not get too comfortable. Today we are trying him back in the nursery. Either way Momma won't sleep well, but at least Bubeaner will get a good night's rest.
Much better after a long nap.
It was due in part to our lack of sleep that we missed a visit from uncle Gary, aunt AA and cousin K. They were planning on stopping by on their way home from Arkansas. Unfortunately, Momma had turned off all the phones in the house in an effort to help Bubeaner (and Momma/aunt Pauline) get a good nap. There is usually at least one phone ringer left one... but not today. We did not get the messages until too late. On the bright side, Bubeaner took a 4-hour nap. He was in a much better mood in the afternoon. He did have a little more trouble settling down to sleep at bedtime, but has been peacefully sleeping for the last 4 hours so far. That's an improvement from last night.
Handsome boy in his Sunday clothes.
Sweater vests are adorable on little boys.
We are 26 weeks!!! Yay, one more week closer to our 36-week gestation goal! She's doing a great job. Last night she wanted to get into the Bubeaner no-sleeping action and kept Momma awake with strong kicks and punches until 130am.
Bubeaner enjoyed his "drive" around the neighborhood,
but was a little tired.
And then, we had the expected meltdown before getting ready for bed.
We miss dad but are glad he's enjoying some guy time. He will be back in no time!
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Sweater Vests really are ridiculously cute on little guys. I think we even had a few for the boys that have made an appearance or two.
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