Day in the Life Part 2 - Midday

When Ethan wakes up from his morning nap it is usually mid-morning and we have until mid-afternoon until he needs to go to sleep again, so we usually head out for the day. After his bottle we may run an errand or two, like going to the bottle depot, or any appointments, or go shopping like the picture below. Ethan loves the grocery store..I think because there is a lot to look at and really friendly people always chat with him.

After our busywork, we like to go do something fun! We do a variety of things, playgroup, visit with friends, swimming at the pool and lately - since it has been so hot - we go to the waterpark!It is generally kind of chaotic there, but Ethan loves all of the screaming, running kids and the water. He has never gotten totally wet because the water is pretty cold, but we usually put his feet and hands under the sprinklers and let him cruise around on the wet pavement. He slaps the water soaked ground with his hands over and over and squeals in delight whenever he gets sprayed. He doesn't really like to crawl on concrete or grass so he does his crabwalk.
Troy usually comes to meet us for lunch, or comes home to eat before we head out. Ethan really loves this visit in the middle of the day, especially when we are somewhere random and all of a sudden--Dad shows up!