Conference time! Tuesday, Jim and I were required to attend a daylong conference on "Stewardship" with the rest of the staff. We brought Kaden along. He's quite the social butterfly... stared at anyone who looked at him, and was smiling at a few of our coworkers (who he's seen a few times already!). We timed it out, so that as the keynote started, he'd have his 2nd breakfast and then nap. Eating- not a problem. Sleeping? With all these new people around to smile at him? Not so much! He was, thankfully, really quiet... it seemed like he was just taking it all in. Jim was able to get him to sleep during the break (!), so we slipped him into the MobyWrap and off I went to the first workshop.
The babe, God bless him, slept through the entire workshop AND the first part of Mass. I was fairly worried when he woke up during the homily, as he's used to being changed and fed right after his morning nap. But he rolled with the punches, looking around and then hanging with a coworker for a while. Other than the occassional "aah!" he again was quiet!
Lunch comes, and he's grinning and laughing and having a good ole' time with everyone. He continues this *through* the second keynote, so we took an outside stroll (thank God this particular parish has beautiful grounds, including flowers, palm trees and a fountain!). When it's time for the second and last workshop of the day, Jim is trying to get Kaden down for his afternoon nap... only now the boy won't have any part of it! We consider ditching this last part and heading home early, then decide that Jim will do the strolling/get him to sleep while I attend one and fill him in later.
You know what's coming, right? Because most of you already HAVE kids and have been through this 'plan-a-day-with-an-infant' thing. Not so much us, the new parents, who tend to take our good luck and push it past the breaking point EVERY time. Short story: I went to the workshop, Jim got Kade to sleep but he woke up waaay too earlier, and was cranky and crying for the rest of the day!
So the third day of work? We called off. Just kidding! We actually had planned to take today off, as our crazy hours add up on the other days this week. But we do have a conference we need to attend on Saturday, so we're thinking we'll ditch the 'first-football-game' experience for Kaden at my alma mater on Friday and lay low for a few days. And actually leave early if he's fussy next time!
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That's so great that you could bring Kaden with you- even if it was a bit rough there at the end. Overall, I would say he did pretty well :)
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