High expectations often get dashed...

Well, today Smasher's last day as an only child that he will spend with me. When he comes back next Wednesday, life will be different. He'll be a big brother.

I'm worried for my little guy as he is used to being the center of attention. He's okay playing by himself but when he wants attention, you better give it to him NOW unless you like screetching. It's far and few between for those moments, but they're still there. I've heard of kids taking out their anger on their younger siblings when they're too young to understand. I certainly hope this isn't the case with Smasher.

The goal for today was to go hang out at the park and generally have an awesome day with Smasher since he'll be going to his dad's tonight until next Wednesday. Has any of that happened yet? Of course not. He is so cranky and has horrible allergy issues. He also has a HORRIBLE diaper rash which is making him so irritable. It seems to be getting better but still, he's in a mood today. I'm going to miss him so much. I just wish we could have had an awesome day, just the two of us, before he had to leave. I'm sure we'll have Mom/Smasher days in the future, but it's going to be a while. The Hubby has to work all day today so it truely was going to be just the two of us. Oh well. I'm just letting him play in the house all day since the wind is terrible and I'm getting some cleaning done.

It's also going to be a really busy weekend. We're hoping to make it to the first farmer's market of the year tomorrow morning and of course the Tri-State Parade. Then we have some major cleaning to do this weekend. I think the reality of her being here on Monday is finally hitting...hard. Oh, and to make matters so much better, I turned on the bath water for Smasher this morning and after filling the tub about halfway, I realize that our water is a beautiful rust color! Only the cold water is that way though. The hot water is fine. I have a lot of clothes to wash this weekend though so hopefully we can get our landlord over to check it out soon.

Anyway, I'm off.