Daddy's Home!

Tim just returned from a two week trip to the U.S. It sounds like he had a good time visiting family in Denver, friends in Chicago, and family & friends in MN/SD. He managed to run the Denver half marathon while he was there and said he was pleased with his time.

I gotta say that I commend all of those single parents out there. It is really hard to remain patient with a toddler when you don't get any breaks or have any help nearby. Fortunately, I knew it was only for a short period of time.

Max has finally decided that he is old enough to sleep through the night (the decision was made with a little prompting from Mom & Dad). Anyway, he sleeps from about 7 until 5:30. I love it! We are early birds ourselves so 5:30 is very reasonable, especially after a full nights sleep!

Now that Tim is home, Max is back to calling me Mommy (with a few "Rachels" thrown in now and again). It was cute when he first started saying "Rachel" but I missed being "Mommy". He also started tugging on his clothes this week b/c he wanted to run naked. It amazes me how much kids enjoy being naked.

Max has also become a pretty good eater again. He actually ate a taco salad tonight (greens and all!) for dinner. He still doesn't eat with a spoon or fork very well so he uses his hands most of the time. I find that I can mix just about anything with rice and he will gobble it up.

I had a soccer game today. My team made it to the final match to decide first and second place in the league. We walloped our opponents! I guess the other team had not lost a game in four seasons so it was a pretty big deal. I was voted player of the match...which is always a little more exciting when you are playing with a bunch of younguns. Just a little tooting of my own horn :-)

The pic: Max has new swimming duds!