Brady had a full week and a half off of work. Today was really the only day we made plans to spend the day with friends, and Brady got called to work this morning 🙁 It was disappointing, but it was just for a few hours, so he joined us for brunch, and the at the end of the afternoon for dinner and the evening.
We started at Cora’s. Completely worth the wait. The servers were super friendly with us and Dekker, and gave him some milk and bananas free of charge. I’m always so touched when people who don’t know us or anything take an interest in Dekker and show him love. Our server got down to his level and talked with him. He would fuss when she left 🙂 We ate like royalty. It was sooo good! From there, Brady left to work and we hit the GAP outlet store. I had never been in there, since I can’t really ever afford to shop at the Gap. But the keyword here is “outlet.” Everything was on awesome sale! I bought Dekker a long sleeved tshirt and an orange and while checkered button down for $11 even. There was sooo much more but the little boy would not be put down and I could only carry so much. Kind of hectic, but a total success.
We moved on to Old Navy, and then to the mall. None of us felt like we were exactly rolling in money so we really just window shopped. There are not a lot of friends that you can do this with! It was awesome. We did get Starbucks, but that was it for the most part. Just walked, chatted, and I’ll admit we killed TONS of time in the Bay laughing at really ugly clothes. No, I don’t hate everything at the bay, but I do hate a lot of things at the Bay.
Before Brady joined us, Dekker was very tired and clingy and needing to be held by only me. Which is an honor and a hassle. Especially in his winter gear, he is wildly heavy and awkward to carry. Its a challenge for sure. But at one point when one of our friends was trying on clothes, we were sitting on a bench and he was laying his head on my shoulder, and I asked for a kiss. Dekker doesn’t usually kiss. I call it a kiss if he doesn’t turn away and I actually get his lips, but thats it. Today, I got my first real one. It was kind of an open mouthed kiss, haha, but when I went to kiss his top lip, both of his lips closed on mine 🙂 I know, it sounds weird when I describe it, but it was so very special. And yes, wet and slobbery and babyish, but perfect. I asked for another and he gave it.
For the last week and a half, Brady has been home, and while that has been completely amazing, I have had less time with Dekker. Again, this is awesome, because Brady helps out so much! But I’ve been worried a little bit that Dekker will miss his dad so much when he goes back to work and maybe he won’t want me as much.
Turns out he does still want me 🙂