Day with the Kid

Saturday was the day before Mother’s Day, and my wife was out on the town with her cousin. They went shopping, to lunch, and for manicures. This meant I had the baby for about six or seven hours. A record for me, for sure… Here are a few of the highlights.

11:15AM

Babs and I hung out in bed for about fifteen minutes. That’s what you do when you have a kid, you find little pockets of time to go and chill. It’s pretty awesome.

11:47AM

We sat down to feed Babs a bottle, and to watch “The View.” Why were we watching “The View?” Mike Tyson was on, and it was very interesting. He is a very troubled man, and I think I could beat him up. Yep, my first big day with the baby, and we watched “The View.”

12:02PM

We got motivated, and decided to take a walk. There were a couple of last second Mother’s Day things we needed to pick up. I put the baby in the Bjorn, and we were off. Not to far from our condo is a shopping plaza, and that’s where we were heading. Babs was extremely well behaved the entire day, and was awake and alert at this point.  I was awake and alert most of the day as well.

12:26PM

Papparazzi caught us shopping for the perfect Mother’s Day Card. In the picture above, you can see Babs trying to cover her face with her hand.  I told them her name was Lava.  Babs needs a unique name like the celebrity kids have.  What better name than Lava?  Volcanos are very topical these days.

1:11PM

We settled down for coffee at Starbucks, where I was meeting a friend. When I say “settled down” for Babs, I mean she began what would become a three hour nap.

3:17PM

Babs was still sleeping, so I put on the Yankees/Red Sox game and had a beer. Yanks are dominating the Sox this year. I don’t like it. I must say, though, holding my baby, while drinking a beer, and watching a great sports matchup was pretty cool. 

4:25PM

I put Babs on her stomach for “tummy time.” If you don’t know what this is, I have an entire entry on it…look it up in the archives. I turned away for a second, and she was on her back. I thought, no way my wife and I both missed her just rolling over for the first time. I put her on her stomach again and then…….

I can’t give away the ending now, but stay tuned for a new “Breaking News” segment coming to “Life of Dad” later today.