After The Tenth..... When The Fun Really Begins

I am currently in the middle of my longest stretch of unsupervised Macy time. I'm pleased to report that things have gone pretty smooth and there are no permanent marks or injuries to mention.

The afternoon was mostly uneventful, but I am even more impressed with my wife today than I already was. I can't imagine how she gets anything accomplished during the day, and yet I know she does. My day was spent preparing to feed Macy, actually feeding Macy and then cleaning up after Macy ate, repeated over and over.

This evening will by my first official overnight alone with the baby and I'm really hoping she sleeps through. Annie is in Connecticut helping to celebrate Tori's big birthday. (I won't say the exact number, as I know enough not to ask a woman her age and to NEVER post it on the internet). Happy Birthday Tori!!!!

I actually just got home from a birthday celebration as well. My great-aunt Dottie is celebrating her 90th birthday and a good portion of the family got together at Carrabba's to party with her. Crud..didn't I just say that you NEVER post a woman's age on the internet? And then in the very next paragraph I go and do just that. I'm hoping there is an "89 and over" exception to that rule.

Dinner was lovely and my great-aunt is just that...doing great and looking nothing like her age. That was especially true as I watched her practically RUN across the restaurant when she saw Macy arrive. 

I do have a small bone to pick with the restaurant though..something I never gave a second thought about until recently. Changing tables in the Men's room..why aren't they standard? Especially in family oriented establishments? I tried to be a good father and change my daughter's diaper, but discovered that the men's room didn't have a changing table. I wound up having to ask aunt Bobbi to check the ladies' room and thenshe did me a huge favor and changed Macy in there for me. Now I just have to find some free time to draft a polite but stern email to some big shot about how narrow-minded and biased their senior management must be, to think that a father would never need to change a diaper. Then again, maybe I should apply the "never send an angry email without waiting 24 hours" rule to this situation and work on it in the morning.

Anyway, the evening was a lot of fun and I got to see a number of people I was hoping would be there and a few I never even expected. Some of the surprises were Aunt Marla who happened to be down from New York and cousins Phyllis, Kenny and Andrea. As expected, Dottie's grandson Greg was in attendance with his "new" wife Allison, whom I have not had the pleasure of meeting before this evening. I didn't really take a lot of pictures, as I was a bit pre-occupied with being the good dad and taking care of my child, but I did get a good one or two. (If any of tonight's attendees want to email me a few of their pictures, I would be more than happy to add them to this post.)

By the way...if you think Macy looks cute in the photos...I picked out the outfit all by myself.

Oh...and there is one non-party picture, which demonstrates how awesome my wife is. That's our freezer, with Macy's homemade food, frozen, organized and labeled. Talk about making things easy on me....NICE!!!!

As fast as they seemed to swoop in, they swooped back out and the Kupper (and former Kupper) family members were back on their way home, leaving only fun memories and some great photos. Their visit certainly brought lots of laughter and NOISE, which made the house seem to overly quiet in the following days. Their visit coincided with my 1st Father's Day and what a fun way to spend it.

When its Memorial Day weekend and you are a Florida baby, is there any better way to spend it than on the water? Yesterday, Macy got to enjoy her SECOND Lake Sylvia raft-up in as many weeks. For the land-lubbers in the group, let me explain a raft-up. When a bunch of boat owners and their lucky friends head out for an afternoon of fun and socializing they find a common area and tie a number of vessels together to form a raft-like structure. Once connected, the flotilla becomes one large social event, where people have food and drinks and casually walk from boat to boat and swim in the surrounding area.

For the past two weekends, we've been guests upon Da Hui, Tom's boat, and have joined the fun at Lake Sylvia on the Intracoastal. Last weekend besides introducing Macy to boating, we also introduced her to salt-water. She didn't seem to love it, but I think it was more the uncomfortableness with the life preserver than anything else.

This weekend in honor of the holiday, we broke out some new toys, which went over much better. Here are some photos from both boating trips. Happy Memorial Day to all of our friends and family and all of those brave individuals who have made this country safe and free, and make it possible for us to spend a weekend eating, drinking and boating. (Oh..and especially to our friends with boats!!!)

In case you were wondering...yes, we are a little paranoid about protection from those harmful UV rays.....