anti-nap

Dennis very much enjoyed a visit from Uncle Kim, Aunt Robin, and Amy today. He called Amy "Kristin" a few times, but eventually got it right. I think it's because he had been asking me all morning to go see Kristin, Michael, Caedmon, and Mirella. He wasn't shy around them at all, and I'm so pleased because he hasn't seen them very often. He chatted happily with them and gave them hugs and even shared his new "firefighter hat" with Aunt Robin. The hat is a plastic one he got from the Dollar Tree this morning when we went in to shop for Father's Day cards. I didn't put him in a cart, and I didn't bring in the stroller, and he went WILD while I was looking at the cards. Fortunately, the toy aisle is on the facing side of the card aisle, so I let him loose to play in the toys. He didn't run off and did very well, and he looked so cute in the helmet that I bought it for him. He is so proud of it!

Tonight we're at the lake. Everyone was here today, and we are so happy that Uncle Denny was able to come. We managed to get the wheelchair (and him in it) in and out of the house without too much drama or danger. Allison and Jon came down to visit this evening and they and Dennis and I (and David, when he got here) swam for quite a while in the lake. Dennis was wearing his life jacket and enjoyed splashing around and wallowing on his back while he floated. I had hold of him the whole time and it wore me out keeping him above water! He had refused to nap all day, even though I'd tried to put him down 3 times, and he finally cried himself to sleep after the swim. We had to wake him up for supper and tonight he's sleeping in a regular full size bed. We have pushed chairs up to the edge and lined the edges with pillows (two sides are against walls). He was very excited about sleeping in the big bed. I hope he does well!