A Day in the SUN!

Today felt so refreshing. It was much-needed for all of us I think.

Dekker got up at a decent time and had some cereal. I froze all of his bananas last night and that is always his favorite part of breakfast, so I made him and I smoothies instead. Frozen bananas, berries, pineapple, spinach, and milk. Done and done. He loves his smoothies and didn’t seem too disappointed about not having a banana on its own.

I’m so thankful that he doesn’t like to be too messy. He didn’t spill a drop in the car. We picked up my mom, picked up noodle bowls, and headed to Willa’s house.

Dekker did awesome, as usual. He wandered around the kitchen a little but stayed close and played magnets for the most part. After lunch we headed out to Boffin Gardens to take some pictures of him. I don’t have many on me yet, but my mom has a solid 300 so I’m sure I’ll have a few to put up soon 🙂 My favorite that I took…

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Usually Mr. Dekker doesn’t like new places, but he LOVED being outside running around! I know I sound somewhat neglectful for not bringing him outside more, but I swear to you, up until maybe three weeks ago, I could have taken him to the exact same place and would have had to carry him every inch of the way. But today, he loved it. He got lots of sun, and checked out lots of flowers. The first flowers he saw were some white lilacs, and he wouldn’t go near them. By the end, we offered him some cherry blossoms and he moved right in to take a big sniff. Seems small, but it really is great to see him changing before my eyes.

Once the afternoon photo shoot was over, my mom, Dekker, and I hit up Costco. I ran into my high school french teacher there and we had SUCH a nice visit! I have kept in touch with a few of my high school teachers and while some think its strange, I don’t. Those ladies are amazing, and I love how often I spontaneously run into them at Costco of all places 🙂 The perfect place!

Dekker was exhausted at this point and was barely awake the entire drive home, but once there, he did not nap. He was in his bed for a while, but no sleeping. Needless to say, he was way overtired at bedtime and it was tough. Brady was changing his diaper and Dekker was just screaming!!! We really get after Dekker for screaming. Crying is fine, but the senseless screaming is not. Not in our house, anyway. But I could hear by his voice that he was just finished. He came into our r0om for our bedtime cuddles, and I kind of thought he was maybe a little too far gone. But I lay Dekker on top of me and he just slumped and cried. And I patted his back and made “oooooo” sounds like I used to do with him when he had horrible gas and needed to puke and was so frustrated. Not even a minute later my little boy was silent. I didn’t let up though. For fear of losing the moment, I kept the patting and sounds going until Brady came to have his cuddles. Such a soft little moment for me and my son.

It really was a great day. The little one had some exercise and adventure, and we all got some sun and socializing. Thanks for the day, ladies!