Home again &happy.

It feels 100 times better to be home again. :)

Couldnt have been better.

Yesterday was fucking amazing. Alden and I woke up early, ate some cereal and watched cartoons. We lounged in our pj's until about noon. Then we hit up some Shambala where he ate an entire plate of food. I was super proud of him.



So after lunch we walked to the corner and got some chocolates. The whole time we were in there Alden kept giggling and looking at me with the most hilarious face, I couldn't figure out what was going on. After I got my chocolates and we had walked out of the door Alden looks up at me and says, "Daddy, he was soooo small... he was tiny!" Then he giggled some more. Hahaha. He was referencing the little midget man who owns the chocolate store. It was fucking hilarious.



We spent the better part of the next 3-4 hours at the Children's Museum. He seemed to do a lot better interacting with all the different stuff there is to do, from the last time we went. They have this Robots exhibit going on right now, it's pretty fun. There are a lot of robotic interactive displays set up where you can build little robotic toys or play with robotic arms and whatnot. We had a ridiculous good time.



The afternoon was finished off with a dollar movie and some video games. We went and saw Ratatouilli again, that movie always makes me want to cook. Go figure. We visited Nick on the way home, the shop looks really good. Then, we had a little dinner and watched the ALCS game until bed time. Books were read and hugs carried out.

Basically, a perfect day. With me leaving on Sunday for so long, it was needed.

He and I had a great weekend. We got him a new coat, jacket, two new pairs of pants and a couple of toys and videos. We played hard, we read lots, went on walks, skateboarded, watched movies, played with Kita, cleaned together, layed and talked and just plain be'd the best dad/son combo ever.









He is the cutest little man ever. I love being his Dad.

Today is the first day back to work since last Saturday. I've been hanging out with Alden all week. Poor little guy has had a fever and needed some serious laying around & being waited on. I'm such a good Dad, for real. It's easy when you've got someone as amazing as him. He makes me sooo flippin happy always. As he gets older, the things he says and the way he acts get better and better.

I was watching a movie during his nap. He woke in on a part where there were some sub title action going on.

"Dad, why are you watching this movie in Spanish?"
"Haha. I dunno!"
"Do you know what they're saying?"
"Nope, do you?"
"No Dad, not today"

"Hey Dad?"
"Yes?"
"Do you love me?"
"I love you a whole bunch Alden. You're the best thing ever."
"Ok, I love you too Daddy."

Some camera phoneSTUFF.

Choirm

I took some photos for Cherem the other day. Here are some of the Alden side shots... of course he came with.



Alden was calling Dan, "my friend." Haha. "Dad, where did my friend go?"

We went camping...

This was a couple weeks ago &there were more photos. This is all I've got right now though. He had a lot of fun. WE had a lot of fun. :)

Nick's birthday extravaganza courtesy Classic Skating. Haha. It was amazing.

Three and a half years ago, I became one. The single most intense moment of my life was the second he took his first breath and let the world hear his little scream. Uncontrollably, I broke down in tears. Fuck that was good. We sure did good on this one... :)

Fathers day was a good one.

Alden and I started the day doing what every father/son enjoy most, cartoons. :) A couple hours of cartoons will motivate anyone to start the day right. I'm broke and have absolutely NO money at all, but somehow I went to Sages anyway. I had to! We played at Liberty Park for hours afterwards.

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I think I've been taking that park for granted for too long. There is sooo fucking much to do there, it's great. AND, it's all free. You can't beat that shit. The rest of the day was filled with a continuation of gooood. It ended perfect with a game of baseball with good friends, Alden caught a few fly balls himself. :)

He made me a little card shaped like a baseball and wrote, all by himself, "i love you" (from_ "alden", & "2007". He also gave me this little black box filled with memories and love. He glued pieces of his birth certificate inside as well as a picture of us taking a nap. Inside, he left a few of his favorite items for me to enjoy; a rock, a penny, a piece of fabric that says "i love you", a bob the builder toy and some other fun stuff. :) I'm one happy guy...

Candace and I teamed up on Sunday morning to give Alden his easter gifts and an egg(plastic) hunt. Here are some photos of the hunt. He was extremely cute.

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Alden and I went to Liberty Park today with Jen, Tegan, Holly, Even, Lisa, Josh and Jack. We let the kids play for a few hours, was some fun stuff.


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No joke, he took every picture. Either by hand or self timer. You think I'm kidding. I've vein... but not this vein. Haha. He's cute, ok.

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