October 29, 2011 ~ Post 2 ~ Party Animal

Billy has learned the art of the tease. Mommy and Daddy were giving him breakfast and Daddy was teasing him by eating a few small bites of Billy's food. Billy, of course, found this humorous- he loves when he shares food. So, next Billy decided that he wanted to feed Daddy. He tried to put a cheerio in Daddy's mouth but missed and it fell on the floor. Lucky Buddy. Ok, try again. So then Billy went to put a handful of cheerios in Daddy's mouth. Just as Daddy was about to nibble, Billy yanked his hand away and shoved all of the cheerios in his mouth and laughed. If Daddy can tease, then Billy can tease right back!

Billy's obsession for the day was champagne. More specifically two bottles of champagne. All he wanted to do was get his hands on them. So, Daddy relented and gave him both bottles of champagne to look at. Billy decided they didn't belong in the dining room where we keep them (on a wine rack), but instead in the den.

Unfortunately, it was a day of fussing. Daddy had to go out all day and it was snowing. Consequently, Billy kept asking for Daddy because he wanted more Daddy time, but there was nothing to do about it. He also wanted to go outside to investigate all of that white stuff. I let him look at it through the window, but since he and I are both sick I didn't want us outside in the snow/rainy/yuck.

By dinnertime Billy was rubbing his eyes in exhaustion (from not sleeping well since he's ill) and I was totally whipped from also being sick and having to chase and entertain a toddler all day. Daddy was supposed to be home no later than 5, but was delayed and didn't show up until after 7:30. We had a party to go to, but the delay was significant. Also, Grandma was going to babysit, but she changed her mind about the location from our house to hers and I hadn't packed Billy up yet for that, nor was there time if we were going to make the party. I was done and wanted to call out, but Daddy piled everybody into the car and we all went to the party together.

While I was feeling run down and drinking caffeine to stay awake through the party, Billy was partying hard. He sang to himself the whole way to the party, despite having gone to bed earlier and been asleep. At the party he had everyone chasing him around. He wasn't too sure about all of those crazy adults dressed up in silly costumes, but once he got over that it was on to giggling about animatronic spiders and other Halloween decorations. He had the best time, eating chips, making friends and running around. Only after we turned the car on and drove away at 12:30am did he fall asleep. It was almost the instant the car went into gear- straight from laughing party baby to sleeping baby.