A trip to the mall

Today I had a playdate at Carolina Place mall, in the play area. I had never been to this play area before; and was surprised at how much fun it really was. Christian had a blast, and I was able to have grown up conversations with some other moms.

And he only slept the last 10 minutes on the way home. That doomed me. I am convinced that a 10 minute nap is the baby equivilant to an adult's 45 minute power nap. He was then wired all afternoon! We got home at 12:30-ish, ate lunch and I was thinking I was going to let him burn off some energy until 2, which is the latest he goes down for a nap. Well, I tried to rock him and let him  unwind three times between 2 and 3:30. FINALLY at 3:30 he was tired enough to fall asleep. The other times, he would just laugh, and talk and point at things in his room. He amazes me, I have no idea where his energy comes from. I wish I could tap into it.

I'm planning my first kiddie birthday party; although there won't be any kids there.
Making decisions on the cake, the food, etc. is somewhat stressful! I think it's harder trying to decide on the food for adults - but we'll see next year when I'm trying to serve umpteen picky eating toddlers.

This picture is from the mall playdate. Kind of blurry; took with my cell phone.