He woke up around 9:30, and he had yogurt and cheese for breakfast. Then our adventure began! We took the 10:57 train into New York and then the subway to meet up with Sarah in Manhattan for lunch. While the journey wasn't outragiously relaxing for me, we had a great time. Jonathan pointed out all the vehicles he saw on the train, and he did remarkably well about being as quiet as possible. We had an unexpected train change in Newark, but the next one took us right into Penn Station (not sure why we had to change, but we rolled with it). I had to carry him much of the way b/c the trains and subways actually have a lot of stairs, and he's still too little to walk on his own, especially with so many people around. He was brilliant through it all: no squirming or acting up (then again, that angel never has, right?!?!). Lunch went well. I didn't get to eat much b/c the place we went didn't have highchairs or boosters. So, Jonathan ended up sitting like a big boy, but I held onto a limb so he didn't go careening onto the floor. I guess I fed him too much on the train b/c he wasn't all that interested in eating lunch. But, after about 90 mins of hanging out with Sarah, it was time to go again.
Rather than taking the subway back, we hoofed it through Time's Square. There was an awful lot for Jonathan to look at -- maybe too much! Luckily, the sidewalks weren't too busy. We missed the train I had tried to make by a long shot, but there was another one 30 mins later that I didn't know about. We got on that one, and he read a couple of books I had packed and watched the scenery fly by. We were home in no time...although he got stinkier and stinkier as we got closer to home. Some nice man insisted on carrying the stroller for me, which was very nice, but that precluded me from changing his diaper at the train station. Luckily, we're really close so I took care of it at home.
He went down for a later-than-usual nap and is working on about 3 hrs now. I woke him up so that he'd actually go to bed for the night at a reasonable time. We played with his farms for a bit; check out: http://picasaweb.google.com/hardwicks03/20081120500DaysAlive#. Dave came home a bit later than usual, so that worked out perfectly! He fed and bathed him, while I made dinner for us: St College sirloin, sweet potatoes, and cheesy peas.
Happy Birthday to Sam too!!!!!
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