One Week

One week from this moment I plan on being in an airport in Orlando, FL. It will be the first day of our vacation. It will be the first official family vacation out of the state. We are very excited. Well, at least I am.

So, I am talking to my Mom the other day and she starts asking me about a will. Have you ever tried setting one up? There are several samples online but for it to be legally binding you have to have a lawyer write it up. That's fine, but wowser that's expensive. So, for now I wrote something up in a Word Document. We don't have enough money to fight over and there aren't many people we would want to leave our son with. Did you also know it's kind of depressing writing up a will? It envokes all kinds of emotions you don't really want to feel. I know it needs to be done and I will do it...just not today.

I'm sitting in the kitchen looking outside and it's gloomy. Fall has arrived. The changing tree colors are beautiful but the constant cloud cover and getting dark early really sets the mood for a day. I can see how people who live in Alaska get depressed easily.

Dinner isn't far away and I probably should be cooking but I enjoy writing much more. Ranch chicken is on the menu. I've never made it before but a friend made it for us a few weeks ago and Chris raved about it for hours. I thought I'd take a stab at it. Now that I'm talking about it I am realizing it takes like 15 minutes to prepare plus like 30 to bake so I don't have much longer to talk.

Dylan and I went to hang out with Uncle Aaron and the kids today. Dylan seems to find his favorite toy at certain places and he played with some sort of heavy equipment digger type tractor thingy 90% of the time we were over there. You can tell how much I know about that kind of equipment by my special name for it.

He's growing up. I know I probably say that all the time but it seems like new things are always abundant. He's starting be more clear on his words. He's starting using two words at a time, like "Dad's truck". He used to just say truck. That's progress. I want you to know. He's started to not whine when you ask him to get in the bath. Although, we still generally have to hear a little whining when we are getting out of the bath. He still loves to sleep with his favorite female Disney character. People say you let him sleep with a girl doll. Well, first of all it isn't a doll. It's a stuffed animal. And, yes, I let him sleep with a girl. As a matter of fact I prefer him to sleep with a girl. Are you kidding? We don't need to start out early teaching him to sleep with a boy, now do we? Ok, enough about that.

We're still having difficulty eating what I call big people veggies and fruits. He likes green beans and that's about it. So, he's still having to eat baby food fruits and veggies to keep his daily diet balanced. Otherwise, the boy would eat meat, pasta, rice, and cookies or candy. I kind of like that diet personally but have been trying to be a much better example to him.

Did I mention that a week from now I'll be in the Orlando airport starting the first day of our family vacation? Yes, I know officially the first 3 days will be spent doing "Daddy's work stuff". But I won't have to be cleaning house, doing dishes, or laundry. I will however, still have to be changing dirty diapers. Why is it that can't magically disappear on vacation like the rest of the hard work? We are going on the Disney cruise and they always talk about where the "magic" happens. How about disappearing diapers for a week? That's magic I want to see and would pay to have. How about you?

I'm kind of cold so I think I'll go turn the heat up. I probably should start cooking dinner so maybe I'll just turn the oven on and that will probably fix my problem.