Busy (long) weekend

Sorry for the delay in posting. Friday was Amanda and my 5th wedding anniversary, Monday was her birthday and we also were getting everything in line for Nathaniel to start day care. That made for a busy, celebratory, sad weekend ... and not much time to blog. We went down to the Shore for the weekend, spending time at a beach house owned by Amanda's uncle. It's not quite swimming weather, but the ocean is always relaxing ... not that Nathaniel seemed to notice it all that much.

As my time on "paternity leave" winds down, there seems like so much I intended to do that I never got around to. I planned on taking Nathaniel to the museum several times so he could view these classic paintings from a very early age. I also planned on taking him to an afternoon baseball game in Philadelphia. Pretty quickly, however, I learned it was much easier to think about taking a baby out for extended times that it was to actually do it.
About the biggest trips we took were to Babies R Us or the grocery store.
I guess he'll have to check out the hit-or-miss nature of the modern art wing of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Phillies some other time.

It's hard to believe tomorrow will be the first time since mid-January that both Amanda and I will be working. And it's hard to believe that what has become the center of our universe in recent months will be handed over to a few people we've met just a few times for a number of hours every day. It's pretty scary, as I'm sure most parents already know. But it's reality these days ... two salaries is almost a requirement for home-ownership and such.

I'll fill everyone in on day-care excitement in coming days. In the meantime, as my weekly Nathaniel growth-chart pictures, here's a pic from the Shore and another from home last week: