Como Zoo with Brad & Atticus
Well, well...so our "week" at the lake turned into a three-day weekend. Kara, Brad's sister, had her baby 4 weeks early. Baby Max was fine -- came out at 6 lbs. 7 oz. (4 oz. heavier than Atticus at birth). Kara was fine. She had a sleek labor beginning early in the morning and progressing nicely until a few minutes after 5 pm. She did great. Grandma Nancy & Grandpa Tom hastily packed and left for Des Moines around noon on Monday. Brad & I waited a few hours and decided we'd have a more relaxing couple days down in Minneapolis at our own house. We had a good drive back and spent a couple days being together as a family. There was lots of Daddy-Atticus time. The second day home Brad came into the living room sighing at the end of the day (Atticus put to bed) and says, "Man, this is hard. How do you do this every day?" That was the most awesome thing he could say. Aaahhh...to have empathy (-: It is hard, but it's a great and wonderful hard job. Brad knows that, but it's nice to hear him be exhausted from Atticus and my daily routine together. Tuesday we took a long, long walk around Lake Harriet stopping to play at the playground. Wednesday we took a short scorching hot trip to the Como Zoo, which, to our surprise, was dizzingly crowded for a mid-week morning. Atticus' favorite parts were the fish in the aquarium, the monkeys, and the seals.
Well, well...so our "week" at the lake turned into a three-day weekend. Kara, Brad's sister, had her baby 4 weeks early. Baby Max was fine -- came out at 6 lbs. 7 oz. (4 oz. heavier than Atticus at birth). Kara was fine. She had a sleek labor beginning early in the morning and progressing nicely until a few minutes after 5 pm. She did great. Grandma Nancy & Grandpa Tom hastily packed and left for Des Moines around noon on Monday. Brad & I waited a few hours and decided we'd have a more relaxing couple days down in Minneapolis at our own house. We had a good drive back and spent a couple days being together as a family. There was lots of Daddy-Atticus time. The second day home Brad came into the living room sighing at the end of the day (Atticus put to bed) and says, "Man, this is hard. How do you do this every day?" That was the most awesome thing he could say. Aaahhh...to have empathy (-: It is hard, but it's a great and wonderful hard job. Brad knows that, but it's nice to hear him be exhausted from Atticus and my daily routine together. Tuesday we took a long, long walk around Lake Harriet stopping to play at the playground. Wednesday we took a short scorching hot trip to the Como Zoo, which, to our surprise, was dizzingly crowded for a mid-week morning. Atticus' favorite parts were the fish in the aquarium, the monkeys, and the seals.
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