The Pacifier

I went to pick Nathaniel up from school tonight and he continued to play as usual, lol. Then he got up and walked over to a pacifier lying on the floor. He never took a pacifier, well, maybe once or twice, despite my strict instructions at the hospital NOT to give him a pacifier or formula (they did both), but he's played with and chewed on them, so I wondered what he was doing. There was a teacher in the room that I'd never seen before, usually Miss Jeraka is there alone in the evenings, and she immediately went to him and took the pacifier away which was fine cuz it wasn't his. He proceeded to throw a HUGE fit, screaming and crying, so she gave it back to him and told him to give it to Reagan, it was hers after all. He walked over to the new girl, a tiny little thing, all of 13 months old, and put his empty hand on her arm as if to say "It will be alright" and then gently put the pacifier in her mouth. I melted. My sweet little man. Rough and tumble with Carson and sweet and gentle with Reagan. He's definitely got his priorities straight. :) After I picked him up we went to my grandma's so she could see Nathaniel. She usually comes over every Saturday and brings us lunch. She loves him so much and has had so much loss in the last few years she sees him as compensation from God for what he has taken from her. She bribed me to get us over there with the money to go get a pedicure tomorrow, lol.

Nathaniel ate really well again tonight. I was home alone and we got home late so I made him the pizza sticks Kid Cuisine (I know, two nights in a row, BAD momma!!!) because I know he loves it and I needed him to eat in a hurry. He snarfed down every last bite!!! Well, except for the corn, but even the fruit chews for dessert!! And man that kid is chugging milk lately!!! So much that I had to call my sister to have her pick up a half gallon on her way home tonight!! Then I gave him a quick bath and I actually got to see him blow bubbles!!! What a little daredevil!!! He even gets excited now when I pour water over his head!!! Trying to brush his teeth was a whole other story though, he refused to let me do it and only wanted to do it himself. Since he let me know that by throwing a fit every time I got near him with the toothbrush that ended that pretty quickly. He's got to learn that momma's in charge here, not him.

I'm excited to have Jason finally home tonight. The longest we've ever been apart consecutively is 5 weeks, the last time I went to Europe, and 4 weeks, the first time I went. But that was so different. We didn't have Nathaniel. I miss him but more than that, I miss seeing him and Nathaniel together. It will be such a long weekend and yet so short. He won't be here long and most of the time that he will be here is spoken for. I do however have a "honey do" list as long as my arm. :)

So this will be my last blog until after the wedding. Tomorrow morning I'll take Nathaniel to school and then go get my pedicure. Then I've got to come home and pack for the weekend. I did decide that I'm going to stay with Jason and Nathaniel at Jason's dad's house tomorrow night rather than staying with the bride. I called her yesterday to find out a few last minute things and she gave me the laundry list of people who will be staying at her house tomorrow night. Like 6 other girls!!! She's got a VERY SMALL house and only one real bed. She does have 2 futons and a couch but when she started talking about sleeping bags I got nervous. Then I thought about trying to get ready for a wedding sharing a VERY SMALL bathroom with 6 other girls and that clinched it for me. I called her tonight to tell her, expecting her to try to change my mind but she didn't, thank God.

Good night and I'll see you on Monday!!!