Friday, Jess went back to work and I worked from home in the morning, before dropping Zack at daycare so I could go to the office. After work, I picked Zack up to go find trouble...trouble being pick up our Masshole friend from UF, Doogie (AKA Willie). Saturday Doogie had to head out early so we had a chance to pack for New York and get Zack ready to watch his 1st Gators game. Unfortunately someone had refused to take naps so he only watched about the 1st quarter of the game and got put to sleep.
At 4am we got up to head to the airport (Zack was anxious and got up at 12:30am and 2am also...thanks buddy). Getting to the plane was a debacle (car service got a flat, Zack wasn't on my ticket, and we looked like Sherpas with all our luggage), but we got upgraded to 1st Class, which took the edge off. Zack must have liked it because he was "talking" away the whole way to New York. Unfortunately we didn't get a picture of the little guy living it up in his seat, but maybe we'll score upgrades on the way home too.
This is our 3rd day in NY and it wouldn't be us if we weren't super busy and active. We wanted to keep Zack on West Coast time, but he's been alternating between the EDT and PDT. Basically, Mr. Mom just lets him make his own schedule. Jess asks when he ate and my answer is when he was hungry. What about naps? He'll only sleep when we're out walking/running. I've been having a blast with him though, just hanging out and being silly. I could get into this Mr. Mom gig, so I guess Jess needs to get some BIG raises.
Here are some of the things we've been doing here:
- - Dinner with Zack's "Gay Uncles" Stevie and Mason
- - Jogging in the park
- - Being tourists & doing some light shopping
- - Vendor lunches with all the ladies (Zack was a big fan since he is a ladies man)
- - Vendor dinner last night
- - We're still looking for the "I HEART MODELS" onesy for Zack since it's Fashion Week and the shows are a block away. I figure we get him that shirt and he can find some arm candy.
- - There are 4 ways to get him to stop screaming. 1) bottle, 2) throw him up in the air repeatedly, 3) help him stand up, and 4) let him look at himself in the mirror (he may be a bit of a narcissist)
- - Zack is teething and wants to eat real food, so let him gum bread to death (which he seems to prefer over tortillas covered in hot sauce)
- - Zack is still obsessed with boobs -- how come when he stares at girls boobs it's funny, but if I do it, it's pervy?
- - Zack flirts non-stop with Jess's vendors and then plays coy with them too (just working on his game)
- - Zack has mastered the art of spitting up on his Mom's outfits (she needed to change on the plane and he got her last night on the way to dinner too)
- - Zack is holding his own bottle now and even more impressive he palmed it yesterday and held it out to the side with only 1 hand...so cool
Alright, we need to get ready for another vendor lunch and then a run. Here are some pics of Zack in NY. In our next post I'll explain why most New Yorkers are a** holes ("most" of the ones we know though are in the minority). -Jeff
Zack hits Times Square...and the lighting couldn't be worse for a picture
Sleepy and confused baby on his run in the park (at the Jackie O Resevoir)
"Where's my damn bottle?"
Yup, this is where Zack prefers to sleep.
1 comment:
Way to go Jeff. It sounds like you and Zack are really enjoying the city. I know Jess feels releived that you guys are there with her. It's great you worked it all out.
Can't wait to hear more about your travels.
kel
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