1st Daddy's Day

Tyler had his first Daddy's Day.  This morning after having half his morning bottle and a diaper change little Declan held on to the card for his Daddy.  Mommy picked out some nice clean clothes for Declan to wear and then Daddy picked out a somewhat matching outfit for himself.

We tried some apple juice for Declan again today and this time we made certain that he was not simply gumming the opening.  We opened the sippy part so that he would get some of the juice even if he didn't suck on it.  After getting some juice in his mouth he made a "yuck" face and let it all run out of his mouth.  I tried another four times to see if I would get a different response but to no avail.  Each time Declan would make a face and let it run out.  Perhaps he's simply not ready for apple juice.

This afternoon I thought it might be fun to try flying Declan in the air like an airplane.  I was careful to support his body weight on my forearms and hold him under his arms.  Declan is getting so strong, holding his head up well and his legs up behind him so I stopped using my forearms and just held him up above my head by lifting him under his arms.  He loved it.  Declan was all drooly smiles while I zipped him around in the air.  When I stopped he would whine until I lifted him again...weeee!!!  What a fun discovery for us on Daddy's Day.