Hungry Boy

Monday, 10 December 2007

I was exhausted from waking up every two hours last night with Chase. He hasn't been getting his four or five hour stretches of sleep he usually gets back home. So, once he went back down at 8:30 am, we both slept in until about noon. I knew that today wasn't going to be a productive day.

Mom called at 1 pm to say that we could pick her up from work early and do some shopping. So, we headed into downtown and picked her up, stopping by Target on the way home. It was nice and sunny today, so we hung out on the front deck, watching a hummingbird feeding in the tree. Chase was mesmerized by the water and sounds of the fountain in the yard. It was then that I noticed that his hair is growing, with little spiky parts coming up near the back of his head.

After mom put a pot of jook on the stove, we went to Burlington Coat Factory to return some winter clothes that people bought Chase. We figured that at this point, he's not going to wear them and won't use them in Hawai'i, so we had fun looking for summer clothes instead and got a bunch on sale.

Chase was super bubbly (and I mean literally foaming at the mouth)and talkative today. Mom helped feed and bathe Chase tonight. The funniest thing was watching him eat, as he would totally go for the food (rather than waiting for the food to go into his mouth), leaning into the bowl and spoon (often getting the food all over his nose and face) each time, mouth wide open. It was as if he hadn't been fed in days! He had such a voracious appetite...We were all laughing because it reminded us of my favorite movie "A Christmas Story" where the mom makes the kid "Eat like a pig!", getting food all over his face with his nose in the bowl! Such a Mau I tell you!

Once he went to sleep around 8 pm, I enjoyed watching "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and catching up with Chris on the phone.