Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Today is my Father's Birthday, but we all celebrated it on Sunday! We all went over pretty early in the afternoon and went swimming in the pool! Christian loves the water and today we decided it was time for him to go under! Under the water he went and he was not so sure about that but, we all laughed and acted like it was a game and quickly that frown turned into a smile and laughter too! The rain started to loom over us and we decided it was time to get out of the pool. Christian's nap time was getting near and I thought we should put him down for a nap upstairs. My parents have a crib in their house for when he stays with them or comes over during the day. He is in that horrible separation anxiety stage where he is so scared we are going to leave him, especially if he is in another place not his home. Every time I would put him down he screamed like crazy. Usually this means nothing and he sometimes cries a little when he goes down because he is afraid he is missing something. Today however was different he was freaking out and standing in the crib screaming like you would not believe. I finally went to get him and it took a while to console him because he had worked himself up terribly. I thought the rest of the night was ruined because without an afternoon nap he would be very cranky and hard to entertain. Earlier the day we introduced balloons to him and he was very intrigued with them for quite a while which is unusual for his short attention span! The balloons would get over the air vents in the floor and float up in the air. Christian loved this but, could not figure out how it was actually happening! He would just sit there and laugh trying to catch them out of the air. When he was upset after not taking his nap, this is what entertained him and made him happy for a little while. Brian and I ate our dinner very quickly anticipating a quick exit because of is fussiness, but he must have gotten his second wind! We were able to stay and give my father his present as well as have some cake and ice cream! Christian especially loves this because he thinks paper is a toy for him to play with and eat? He helped with the opening of gifts and then enjoyed some cake and ice cream! We are getting him ready for his own cake here in a month! He loves chocolate (like his mommy)! I can not wait for his birthday to watch him dig into his own cake! We made it out just in the nick of time to get him home, bathe him and off to bed. He was tired from a long day with at his Grandpa's house! Birthdays are fun...just wait until he realizes he has one too!!!!