Week at home

Last week E had the entire week off, paid. Yes, from Christmas Eve to January 2nd, E's company had a paid holiday. How very very thankful I am that E works at such a kick ass company.

Because of that, James and I were beyond spoiled to have Daddy home all week. What did we do? Nothing. Most days we woke up late (or James woke up early and I handed him off to E so that I could get an hour or two more of sleep), then E would make a big breakfast. One day we had his new famous frittata with basil, roasted tomatoes and feta, and another day we had German pancakes. Then, most days, I'd give James a bath and play with him for a little while before putting him down for a nap. Then E and I would get lost in LOST, our new favorite show.

The afternoon was usually spent relaxing, napping or watching LOST, and then for the majority of last week we had evening plans. Dinner out with the Trumps one night, a New Years Eve part at my Grandma's another night. It was a fantastic, restful week. Today I miss having my sweet husband around. But, alas, I think we'll survive.

With E home so much we both got to spend a lot of time with James. James is wonderful, and he has a few personalities, some of which E has named. Our favorite personality is "Sweet Baby James" (like the old song). Sweet Baby James smiles, sleeps, snuggles and coos. He is around the majority of the time (yea!) and is a joy to be with. Then there is "Grunty von Gruntmiester" who is also quite sweet but loves to grunt. Sometimes is gas, sometimes is poops, but most the time it is just grunting for the sake of grunting. I need to capture this on video soon, it's a hoot. Then, there is our least favorite personity "Fussy McGoo". We had Fussy McGoo visit us a few times last week, where it seemed like that most the day James was just fussy. We told him, quite seriously, that we'd like Fussy McGoo to board a plane and go on an international trip, leaving Sweet Baby James with us. Surprise surprise, he returned after only two days. These little dialogs we have with James are so fun, even when he's fussing. We laugh at how silly we are, and hope to dear god that Fussy McGoo will head out of town again soon, leaving Sweet Baby James.

E's fantastic German pancake. It puffed up so nicely. Squeezing lemon and sprinkling powdered sugar on the top is the only way to eat these. So so good.
E's grandparents came up for a visit. James was thrilled (so thrilled he slept the entire time) to meet his Great Grandma Bonnie and Great Grandpa Dean.
Quality time with the babe. Daddy reads "Polar bear polar bear, what do you hear?"