Preparing for Birthday #1

So this whole week I have been planning for Easton’s first birthday party! I can’t believe he is almost one. It went by way too fast. My little baby boy isn’t so little anymore. It is really sad but very exciting at the same time (kind of weird how you can feel two emotions at the same time). Anyways, we are having a duck party and I can’t tell you how excited I am. I am getting way into this (duck hats, faucet for the bath tub that holds the drinks, duck poster, goodie bags, rubber duckies, bubbles, duck cake, food, etc.) I think it is driving Nathan crazy with all the duck talk. But if the duck talk isn’t making Nathan crazy it is definitely all the studying he is doing for his medical licensing exam (10+ hours 6 days a week). I feel so bad for him. He is studying at home and it is really hard to just watch him study all day. I don’t know how he does it. He is definitely a trooper.

It is a tradition of mine and Nathan’s to go grocery shopping together every week. I don’t know why but I love grocery shopping with Nathan. It makes it so much more enjoyable when you have someone to talk to and hang out with. Not that I don’t have fun with just Easton because I do (I love my little boy and boy does he draw a lot of attention when we go out. Have I told you what a little flirt this cute little boy of mine is ALREADY! Oh my goodness it is a little ridiculous but what can I say, “That’s my little boy!”). Grocery shopping is just a little more relaxing when Nathan’s around. So anyways, this Saturday we went grocery shopping and we decided to get the shopping cart with the car in front so Easton could have a little more fun while we shop. I think eventually he got bored, which isn’t a shocker, and decided he was going to try something new. One minute he is where I put him and then the next I hear strange banging noises. I go to check on him and find that he has somehow managed to shimmy his way out of the buckle, turn around, and stand up inside the car. Who knows how long he has been like that (if only he could be that daring with his walking!). And I get mad at Nathan if he even suggests not buckling Easton into a cart. Partly because I want my kid to be safe but also because apparently there was some study that Nathan told me about (don’t quote me on this) that said parents of kids who were not very attractive often did not buckle their kids in as much as parents whose kids were attractive. Since then I have always told Nathan that no matter what we will always think that our kids are cute so he better buckle them in. So now I’m apparently the horrible mom who thinks her kid is, I guess, half cute since I only bothered to buckle him in and not tighten it. FYI: I think my kid is the cutest baby in the world. Next time I will definitely remember to tighten the buckle.