Cutest Baby

This morning Duane woke up in a really good mood, which was odd because he's been sick with a fever. I've been giving him baby meds to bring down the fever, but he acts completely normal! I never would have known he was sick if it weren't for the high temps.

I was still in my own bed and could hear that Duane was awake. This was around 9am. He was in his crib saying, "Baby, baby" over and over again. I usually let him play for a bit before retrieving him from his bed, it usually makes the day go smoother. I think he needs that alone time in the morning because when I get him right out, he's cranky for a while. But today I wanted to check his fever. The last time I'd given him his medicine was 3am or so. When I went into his room, Duane was still saying "Baby! Baby!" and I could see that he was pointing to his baby that he'd left on the floor. Once free of his crib, he ran to the doll and picked it up, hugging it to his chest. A string of gibbber immediately started and Duane was telling me all about life. He went into the hall and said "Daddy." Which began an instant hunt for Pastor, who had gotten up early to finish some homework.

Duane looked for daddy in our bed, which is where he normally is at that time of the morning. When Pastor wasn't there, Duane went through the place yelling "Daddy?" Pastor was located seconds later in the front room. I went and sat on the sofa next to Pastor. Duane was already rifling through Pastor's sheets of homework, gibbergabbering about one thing or another in his own language. When I gave Duane a cookie, he took one for Pastor too.

When daddy was all done with homework, he went to brush his teeth and get ready to leave. Duane was his shadow. Pastor brushed his teeth and Duane asked for his own toothbrush. When Pastor was done in the bathroom, Duane followed him to our room then back to the front room and into the kitchen. Everything Pastor did Duane wanted to do as well.

It was time for Pastor to leave and he came and gave me a kiss goodbye. Duane, hot on his heels, kissed me on the arm at the same time. He gathered up his baby, which had since been discarded on the sofa, and went to the door like he was leaving with daddy to go to school that day. I was impressed when I told Duane he had to stay home and he didn't throw a tantrum. We waved goodbye to Pastor and came back in the apartment.

Duane was such a cute shadow this morning! He really loves his daddy.

Pictures may be awhile in coming. I'm taking them but our computer isn't working. I'm using Pastor's laptop which isn't all that great for uploading pics or video. When we figure out what's wrong with our CPU we'll start uploading pics again.