Well I Feel Important

Getting ready to say goodbye to Declan at Kellys house and his little friend Alexis comes through the door with her Daddy. Declan shouts "Lexi!!" And she responds with a sweet "Hi Decky."

They are cute little friends.

I give Declan a big hug and kiss and stand up. Alexis walks right up to Declan and gets close.

Declan pushes her away and says "I can't see my Mommy."

Wow! 

My heart swells.

Then I look down at my little boy who's eyes are starting to well up and my heart breaks.

One last hug and kiss and I was on my way.

Superman

A fantastic surprise at work this morning when Declan and Daddy visited me at work. I wasn't expecting it and I was so proud when he saw me and ran to me yelling "Mommy!"

And then I saw it.

Superman.

That's right. Daddy bought Declan Lego Duplo Superman. "Superman Reacue with 19 pieces."

Every morning Declan likes to watch Lego videos on YouTube. He always starts with a video of two different Lego Duplo sets with Narration while the pieces are put together. Declan loves it and talks just like the voice Narration "it's the Joker Challenge with 30 pieces and Superman Rescue with 19 pieces." Soon as Ingot home from work today he wanted me to see all the pieces. He was a happy little monkey.

Party People

Soon as Declan woke from his nap Saturday afternoon he says "I'm ready to go to Chelsey's now." It's adorable that he got so excited to go to his friends house. The wee ones hugged soon as they saw each other. Then Declan ventured in to go play with her toys. They are getting older, they push each other a little and fight somewhat over toys. For the most part they all play together really well. Declan called Nancy "Molly MacGregor." I guess he just associates her as related to them and he called Daniella "Chesey's Mom." They are all getting so big. When it came to Declan's bedtime Chelsey say in bed with him for one storybook before heading off to her room. It was the Thankful Book and every time we read it he says the picture of two kids jumping on the bed are Chelsey and Declan. I think his little mind was blown when we read it and Chelsey was there with him.

Always a good visit with the little ones there. So nice that Declan has these little friends that are practically family.

Cake

Walked in the door when I got home from work to a little boy who ran at me yammering on about cake. He's telling me it's in the fridge downstairs. 

Daddy walks from the kitchen to the hallway looks at Declan and says "Declan. That was supposed to be a surprise for Mommy for her Birthday. That was our secret."

Declan looks at me and says "it's a secret Mommy. There's a cake downstairs and its a secret. You want cake now Mommy?"

So we did Birthday cake before my dinner and a happy little boy.

Far Stretches of His World

There are toys EVERYWHERE.

Declan pretty much already takes over the living room. There are piles of toys covering the ottoman, the couch, a few on the coffee table, the side table, his toy storage and nearly the entire floor. I go to walk upstairs and Batman and the Joker are hanging out with the Batmobile on the stairs. I pass through the kitchen on my way back and there's the Penquin and his duckmobile along with the "spare pieces" (which in sure he's going to lose).

Everywhere.

Sleeping In

My little monkey climbed into bed around 5am this morning. I told him we had to go back to sleep and he curled up beside me until about 7:45am. Perfect. Then he watched Lego videos on my phone until 9am while I lay beside him with my burning eyes closed. I felt so lucky to have gotten a chance to stay late in bed. 

Later in the morning I jumped in the shower while Declan watched a movie. When my shower ended he yelled to me "Mommy you done your shower?" To which I replied "Yes!"

Declan then told me "ok you get dressed and ready for work now!" He's such a know it all.

And for Daddy this evening he was a construction monkey.

Sleepover

Last night Daddy had to work an overnight shift. He left at 8pm, Declan had already gone to bed. At 9:40pm I was tired and thought how nice it would be to go to bed early. On my way I checked in on Declan to find him once again sound asleep on the floor just inside his door. Since I would have my entire bed to myself (and the cat) I decided to just bring Declan to bed with me. He barely woke at all when I scooped him up from the floor. He curled up on his side soon as I put him in our bed. Hunter then walked over me to Declan, sniffed his head, kneaded his legs a little before curling up behind his legs to sleep. How cute. Those two don't  get the opportunity to snuggle. The three of us got a good nights sleep. 

At 5:15am I got up and jumped in the shower. Left small boy and cat in bed. When I got out Infound that Daddy had gotten home and crawled into bed beside Declan. They were adorably cuddled up and Declan was still sleeping.