Baby's First Shower

When I'm getting Zander's bath ready (I still wash him in the kitchen sink with the rest of the dirty dishes...), I let the naked babe stand in the kitchen with me. We've had a few too many carpet peeing incidents...


Anyway, last weekend I put Zander down next to the stove, in his usual spot while I started the water. But when he heard his daddy taking a shower in the bathroom off the kitchen, he crawled over, pushed the door open & jumped in with his papa. It was adorable!

Lately, we've imported our Louisiana road-tripping tradition in an attempt to find something exciting to see/do/hear/drink in the Wild and Wonderful West Virginia. Well, that and it's also our lame attempt to avoid all domestic duties back on Edgwood. So far we've met half our goal; our house is a mess!

Two weekends ago we decided to see where National Road would take us... we ended up at Piedmont Lake in Ohio. After a quick picnic on the lake & a pee in the woods, we were off again.

Mr. Cranky Pants really needed a nap!

Then we went to go see Bingo Bob in J-ville. Not too long ago he tripped on a bingo dobber while he was looking for his lucky rubber nickle to scratch off a Pennsylvania Lottery ticket and broke his arm. It wasn't his lucky day.

Pappy is recovering well, but he was pretty tired the day we dropped in to visit him. I wish Zander napped half as well as gramps does!

Before we could get back on the road to Wheeling, Alexander identified his newest favorite toy... the Prius steering wheel! One particularly cranky day last week, D was able to keep the little crank box happy for the particularly traumatic 30 minutes before bedtime.

It makes me so happy to those two so happy!

Oh yeah, and then those boys went out looking for girls while I stayed home "cleaning." D & the gang took Zander to the Wheeling Stern Wheel Festival last Saturday, which was an excuse for D to eat festival food and an excuse for me to not cook dinner...

When they got home, Amber reported that ladies man Zan was attracting the attention of all the little ladies. Especially this hot number. Abigail is also about 8 months. Unfortunately, Daddy has been out of the game a little too long; he forgot to ask for her number! Well, never mind, I guess that is VERY fortunate!