*** Nick entry ***

Jeff and Kay (Mandy's uncle and aunt in Dallas) sent us (and by "us" I mean "me") a container of russian tea cakes. They are fantasically good and a personal favorite of mine. I techinally supposed to share them with Mandy but for some reason I always seem to eat far more of them than she does...

Tomorrow is Mandy's first time of celebrating Mother's Day. We went up to the Polaris area last night to this kids' store called Carters and bought him a few new outfits including one for tomorrow. We're going to go to Mom's church tomorrow instead of Shepherd so since this is Mom's first Grandmother's Day we thought we'd have Grady look nice. Hopefully Grady can make it through service without getting fussy...Reynoldsburg tends to run much longer than our church...

I've got to go to Florida for four nights next week for work. I'm not looking forward to it at all. It'll be hard on me because I'll miss Grady and Mandy so much while it'll be hard on Mandy because she'll have to take care of all of his needs on her own. I'm doing more of the late night stuff this weekend. Last night I was able to help Mandy get 9 - 10 hours of sleep including 7 in a row while I got about 5-1/2 and it was chopped up. I'll do the same thing tonight and Sunday night...I can sleep on the plane for two hours on my way to Orlando. Mandy has been doing the majority of the late night stuff during the week since I'm working and I'm only too happy to return the favor so she can get rested especially since I'll be out-of-town for a few days.

Mandy is a fantastic mother. I never had any doubts about her mothering abilities but she is absolutely the best mother a child could hope for. Grady and I are lucky to have her.

We've been getting Grady out of the house a bit. We've gone to Scramblers for brunch the past two Saturdays around 11:15am and he's pretty much slept through both meals. Provided we keep his diaper clean (the amount of diapers an 8lbs child can go through in a 24-hour period is nothing short of amazing), feed him every 2-4 hours (or less...he is a Hague baby after all), burp him and hold him some, he's a really good baby. We've taken him on a half dozen or so walks so far around our neighborhood. We have a really nice neighborhood for walking. Typically Mandy pushes the stroller while I walk Lola (our black and very unattractive dog...but she's really good and great with Grady). Grady usually sleeps during the walk. Car rides also knock him out.

So my Dad is in the middle of a 215-mile bicycle ride today and tomorrow. There is a group of people that rides down route 23 from Columbus to Portsmouth, OH. It's about 105 miles each way. So while he's getting exercise and buring 3,000 calories, I'm eating russian tea cakes by the truckload and hanging out at the house. Eh, I wouldn't trade my life for any other...I've got it good.

I'll probably try to see 'Iron Man' while I'm in Florida. There's not much else for me to do at night while I'm on the road. 9 nights out of 10 I just get Subway and eat it in my hotel room at night and occasionally go see a movie. I saw 'Superbad' and 'Semi-Pro' during my last few trips to Jacksonville. I'm also super-psyched to see the new 'Indiana Jones' movie. Now if only I can get my communist wife to at least watch I and III before we go see the new one so she at least has a clue what they're about. Although I did get her to watch 'Real Genius' with me a few weeks ago. It's an '80's movie with Val Kilmer in it. Kind of a cult classic - usually people remember the popcorn blowing up the house scene at the end of the movie.

I'll stop writing now before Mandy accuses me of ruining "her" blog. It's a good thing she's the mother of my son....