All My Time

Had the day off today and I must admit that I could spend all my time just watching Declan.

In the morning I gave him an old fashioned Tim Bit. It was so intriguing to watch him pick small pieces off the Tim Bit to eat. He's still so little but watching him do things like this as a completely independent being makes him seem so big.

Late morning he was sitting in front if me but with his back to me. He was manipulating the dials and pieces on the toy. Again, independent of me he played along with the parts. Entertaining himself. Of course he still peeks back to see if I'm still there and watching.

Then came bath time...one of my favourite times. First we set up the stations. Diaper off station which will double as the dry baby and diaper on station. We also have the baby lotion, hair brushing, Q-tips, Jammie station. And we can't forget the actual bath station with his toys, facecloth, towel and turtle rinser. When the bath water was ready I took Declan's diaper off and he had a poop crumb on his butt. I held him high in the air and Daddy ran to get a baby wipe before I placed him into the bath. So happy was our little guy. He was a splash machine. He doesn't mind the water splashing in his in his face so I was soaking wet by the end. Daddy and I are taking him swimming on his birthday next week so it makes me so happy to see how he loves the water. When the bath is done and Declan is clean I scoop him up and wrap him in his big towel and carry him to the re-diaper station. I used the towel to dry the little man and he gets so excited he can't help but kick kick kick and have his focused serious face on. I adore this face, it's still my favourite. Once he was dried and diapered its over to the lotion station. Declan helps by taking a small amount of lotion on his fingers and wiping his thigh. I q-tip his ears and then use his brush to "style" his hair. After I give the brush to Declan and he proceeds to try to brush his own hair. Never works but he's the cutest. Again I could watch him doing this for hours. Then he was into clean fire truck Jammies just in time for a small bottle, snuggle and off to bed. Simple day but I loved every minute.

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