Happy Anniversary to Mario and I! Wow, 4 years... it's been pretty great. Sadly, Mario was on a project and was traveling from New Jersey to Cincinatti on Thursday so we weren't together. I had fun with my other boys though. I wanted to get a picture of Joey and one of his new favorite toys (the red piano). Mario grabbed the xylophone and started to play too. Wasn't it nice of them to play for Mommy and Daddy on their anniversary?
This basket was at least a foot away from Joey, but somehow he lunged at got it. He tipped it over and hit the "jackpot" of toys. I remember when MJ was at this stage. Their eyes light up like, "Wow, look at all those toys in there!" As you can maybe see from the ladder in Joey's hand, I'll need to do a better job of watching which toys are in his reach. I doubt he'd poke his eye out with that, but I should still be careful.
In other fun news, I've been trying to remember to add prayers to our bedtime routine with MJ. He really likes it when we start saying "God Bless, Daddy... etc" I know he misses Daddy so much when he's away. I didn't actually think he'd pick up on the prayers so quickly, but after about a week of doing this, I walked away to fill his cup of water and when I returned I heard MJ trying to say the Our Father by himself. I know he's heard it many times before this, but it was fun to hear him try it on his own.
We're heading to a wedding in Charlottesville tomorrow. And now I hear Mario is getting off the phone with his brother, so it's time to watch our movie!
