Nicholas' Busy Day

Nicholas had quite the active and exhausting day. So exhausting in fact that he put himself to sleep (and deep sleep at that) twice today in loud places and is in bed for the night already (knock on wood). He was awake all through church, looking at all the people and then the stained glass windows. He was so good that we made it until after the homily in the main part of church before going up to the cry room. And even then he was pretty good because of the change of scenery. We then went over to fellowship, where he proceeded to fall asleep in Joe's arms when we gave him a pacifier.

After some fun play time and another little cat nap in the afternoon, Joe discovered on facebook that some friends of mine from camp were on their way to the state fair, which is less than two miles from our apartment, so off we went to meet them at the fair. And it was great fun! Here is the fair in pictures:

Looking at the cows:

From Nicholas - Month 4

So much to see, but really Nicholas was most interested in chewing on the Baby Bjorn! But he was quiet and didn't need a pacifier, so I won't complain.

From Nicholas - Month 4

After all the excitement and stimulation, Nicholas was so zonked that all it took was putting him in the stroller and closing both shades so he couldn't see out and the next time I looked, he was out. And our child who usually can't stay asleep if you walk through a room or dare to open the fridge slept through music blaring from speakers and fair rides.

From Nicholas - Month 4

But after a nap, he woke up as we were leaving the fair and bestowed smiles on our friends and their sweetheart of a daughter as they said goodbye.

From Nicholas - Month 4

All in all, a wonderfully fun day, but I didn't get the work done that I needed to, so I'm off to work for a couple hours now even though I think Nicholas has the right idea with bedtime.