Maceo & the Little Red Wagon

For Maceo's first Christmas, his great aunt Nene (Kate's aunt) got him a little red wagon.  With the beautiful spring weather finally upon us, we excitedly got to bring this treasure out from its hiding place in the basement and test out its wheels.  Suffice it to say, Maceo has a new favorite mode of transportation.   This wagon comes complete with cupholders, a seat with storage, and another seat for his best friend Julian who lives on the next block. 

Life is good when you have a wagon.

A (Week) Day in the Life

Maceo lately has been awakening at about 5:30. Most recently, he wakes a little earlier and babbles to himself. When he starts to cry, we wait a while, then go in and get him and give him a bottle of milk. It has been over 12 hours, so he's probably hungry, but soon, we think we will eliminate this step. He then goes back to bed and back to sleep for about 30 to 45 minutes. When he gets up this time, he comes to the bed for some cuddling and horseplay. He is mostly in a good mood at this time, though his coordination suffers from being logy. We often sit him up and then give him a little push in the chest to watch him fall over delightedly.

Eventually, enough of that! He and his papa go down stairs to get ready for the day while mama gets a shower and looking all professional. Mace and I feed the cats and play on the floor.

 At about 6:30, he sits down and has a little breakfast.

Maybe someone's not a morning person?

 Lately, it's been a pancake with a little jelly and maybe a little peanut butter on it. Finally, he's dressed for work and we all head out at about 7. I leave work pretty early in the afternoon (3:30 or so, if there's no softball practice) and go looking for the boy at his day care. It's lovely picking him up; he plays and then glances around and sees me and then comes scooting over for hugs and pick ups and cuddles. We get all his stuff together and drive straight home. Kate gets home around 5:45, right at the end of Maceo's dinner

More beets!

and then we often give him a  bath, which veteran readers of the blog will know is one of his favorite times.

Dried off, lotioned up, and in his footy pjs, he's ready for bed. He gets to read two books ( a favorite right now is Pat the Bunny), a bottle, and he's off to sleep at 6 or 6:15.

Concentrating on the bottle, no time for camera poses...

Recently, he's been sleeping right through the night, all the way to the morning. We can all hope that pattern will hold up, though it seems to be that as soon as we get used to a pattern, he switches it up on us.

What happens when he can feed himself beets

The less maniacal photo

Maceo, Beets - 10.5 months old