Last night, I called home from work at about 8:00pm. I wanted to let my wife know that I was getting ready to head for home and I also wanted to tell The Babito good night.
He got on the phone and said “Hi Doddy” (that’s his pronounciation of Daddy. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if he’s talking about me or the doggies.)
I asked him if Mommy was going to read him a book before he went to bed. He started crying and said “No! Doddy read book! No!”
I decided then that three straight days without seeing him at all was enough. When I got to work today I told my manager, who is a family guy and very understanding, that I was leaving by 6:00 today, no matter what. He was fine with it.
I ended up getting home around 7:00. The Babito was VERY excited to see me. Almost as excited as I was to see him.
We played cars, played ball, and generally had a great time. I gave him a bath, read him several books, and sang songs with him. (Have I mentioned on here yet that he knows all the words to ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?’ He does.)
He did call me Mommy several times tonight (yikes!) I guess I have been working a little too much.
I let him stay up about an hour past his normal bedtime. My wife wasn’t too happy about it. He’ll probably be cranky when she has to wake him up in the morning.
But she doesn’t mind all that much.
She was happy that I got to finally spend some quality time with him, and she ended up getting a little break.
It was a great night.
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#1 by Debbie on May 9th, 2008
Yeah!!! I’m so glad you got to spend some time with him! And I’m sure your wife not only appreciated seeing you as well, but also the little break! I hope you’ll get more nights like that soon!
#2 by jason on May 9th, 2008
That’s awesome.