I think my favorite time of the day with Dylan is putting him to bed at night. He has become SO adorable. I don't think we could have bonded any closer. We start with a bath, usually with Sophia unless she is stalling to get into the tub playing with lamby and putting him night night in her training potty. Yes, her potty. I think lamby will be the only one using it. Anyway, when I am ready to get Dylan out, I have Sophia call Ethan to come and I take Dylan to my bed to massage him. This massage has turned into play. It is quite tricky just getting a diaper on him as he flips onto his belly and then does this leap frog thing getting on all fours and then flopping forward. After his diaper is on I start rubbing lotion on him as I did for Sophia at this age. He is now mostly on his tummy so he gets a back and leg massage. Then I flop beside him and he will flop himself closer to me, put an arm around me, lean in for a sloppy kiss... Tonight I was on my back and he sat up and then started lunging on top of me. He would push himself up, look at me, give be a huge open mouth smile and then dive bomb me - sometimes the face, sometime the chest. SO WONDERFUL! I then go to his room after getting him into his sleep sack and read him three stories. At the end of that I turn the lamp off and he nestles into my arms, often wrapping one of his arms around my arm and I sing Twinkle Twinkle a few times, not wanting to lose the moment, then tear myself away to put him down after giving him a hundred kisses as I lower him into his crib. Ahhhhhh.
A good Sophia night today too. She had lots of fun with daddy which I love to see. They played in the playground right after dinner and then went for a short walk. Sophia has been loving outside again, itching to go out first thing in the morning and then again after dinner. Sometimes asking to go to the mall, others the playground. Ethan has taken her to Houghton's Pond a few times after dinner and they have fun together. Good times. :)
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