I know I haven't blogged here recently, but I had to relate this story...

My son Patrick is just over 2 1/2 years old. Until today, he still slept in his crib. Julie and I are strong believers in co-sleeping so Patrick goes to sleep in his crib at night but rarely wakes up in his crib come morning. So since he's never left in his crib, he's never tried to climb out of it.

However, today we moved his crib into our bedroom because we're getting ready to paint his room - don't want him sleeping in paint fumes. The crib was too big for the door, so I had to take it apart to get in out of his bedroom. When I put it back together in our room, I left one side of it off so it's now it's a bed instead of a crib. He was SO EXCITED!!! It took him an hour to go down for his nap because he was so excited.

Anyway, we went to the movies tonight - Wallice and Gromit which he loved - so by bedtime he was pretty exausted. I stayed in with him since he's still getting used to the new arrangements. He wanted me to be really close, so I sat right there with him and spoke softly so he'd get sleepy and fall asleep. Just as he was drifting off, I said "Thanks for being my son". His response was "Welcome Daddy".

WHAT A GREAT KID!!!

Anyway, here are some more recent pics of Patrick and Rileyanne.