Him: What you will do for them

It is definitely getting closer! We just had friends over last night that have a little one. He's about a year and a half old, such a sweetheart and a busy one!

We had a great afternoon/evening with them. They came over later in the afternoon and left around eight. There were a few things that I expected with having a little one in the house: Clearing off the coffee tables of small objects, cleaned the floors up just in case there was anytyhing he could pick up and nomnom on, close the doors to extra rooms to save us having to run around all over trying to find him. These are rather simple things, and I expected to have to 'kid proof' the house to ensure he wouldn't get hurt and we could keep an eye on him easily.

One thing that I did notice however, and it was more of a realization than a precautionary measure was where the grown-ups ended up mingling. Since we finally have got our house organized enough to be able to entertain successfully in most rooms, everyone was in the kitchen, preparing the dinner; baby walking about having fun. We went outside for a bit, though warm, to let him run around and see the yard, look at the garden, etc. We all ate at the table and enjoyed a good meal. Afterwords is where it hit me, we had sat in the living room to eat some snacks before the main meal, but now the way the house is designed to see the little guy most effectively the whole time, everyone sat around the stairs. One on the stairs to go upstairs, the other on the step down to the living room, and the rest of us just in the entranceway. It was, I suppose convenient for the baby, and parents just have to work around those types of things. We just sat or stood there, in the middle of the house enjoying our conversation and watching the baby run around.

Why do we even have a couch now, maybe we can get rid of it and make more space for some toys, or some more gym equipment... But all kidding aside, it was really neat to see what people will do for their children so that they can enjoy themselves,at the cost of their own comfort.

-Another great day