My Brudder

Owen left Thursday afternoon for a trip to the lake with Papa and Finney.  He has been counting down the days for months!  He was so excited!!  We were going to go up Saturday morning, but decided we'd wait and go once the lake was warm enough to swim and play.  I think Owen was secretly happy that we weren't coming up so he could have Papa, Finney, and his Legos all to himself.

The minute we left Owen and headed home, Adam looked at Owen's empty car seat and said, "I miss my brudder."  I knew it was going to be a long couple days for him without his buddy.  That night when we got home, Adam set Owen a spot at the dinner table with a swirly straw and his favorite applesauce.  We had to break it to him that Owen wasn't going to be home until Sunday.  He kept saying, "I miss my brudder."  It feels so strange without Owen here at home, but knowing Adam is missing him so much makes it worse.

We've tried to do a lot of fun things with Adam while Owen's away.  Thursday night we took him to the playground and then we had icecream at Yo Fresh for the first time.  Yum!

Yesterday I took Adam to the playground again and we stayed for almost an hour.  He met some new friends and had a good time.  Then we came home and practiced writing his "A".  He's getting pretty good!  Adam has been asking to sleep in our bed and we told him he could last night.  The three of us snuggled, read books, and were all excited for our family sleepover, but the minute I turned out the light Adam wanted his own bed.

This morning Mike and Adam went to the golf course for breakfast.  This has become something special the two of them do every now and then.  And then, Adam spent some time getting spoiled by my mom.  She took him for "lunch" at Dairy Queen and then to Wal-Mart to pick out a toy since he filled his marble jar and to another playground.

Tonight we went out to dinner and Adam insisted on bringing his baby.  After dinner he asked me to put her in his shirt so he could wear her.  He's going to be a great baby-wearing dad when he grows up. 

Not sure why the picture is squished

It's been fun spending one-on-one time with Adam, but we sure do miss his brudder.