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Since our move back to Cincy my wife has re-entered the work force on a part-time basis. This has really helped me to realize in many ways how unequipped I am to do what she does on a daily basis with our son. To say that she is amazing is an understatement. However, it has also allowed me to get to know my boy a lot better which I am grateful for. It seems like I have stories to tell Jenna every time I spend the day with Reed. So, in honor of these things I thought I would share what a Tuesday with Reed is like. I must warn you: if you have to go to the bathroom…go now, some of these are really funny.

We made a Wal-mart run this week. Reed, who recently figured out how to make the “tickle, tickle…” sound, thought it would be funny to try and tickle random people as we walked down the isles. Good thing everyone loves a cute red-headed toddler.

When Reed knows someone is watching him eat his food he will loudly exclaim, “Mmmmmmm,” after EVERY bite.

Reed throws everything he touches, and he’s got a good arm. We’re hoping for a sports scholarship. So, during a mid-afternoon diaper change I should have been alarmed when he picked up the baby powder, but I wasn’t. Seconds later it was flying across the room. When the bottle hit the floor it was like a baby powder grenade had gone off. It was everywhere, and it took me a half an hour to clean it all up. He thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Reed can be eating a bowl of goldfish crackers and will smell or taste a seemingly perfectly good cracker only to reject it. For what reason I am unsure, but it must be warranted. Even if that cracker is mixed back into the bowl or left to sit there for hours when he gets back around to it he will reject it again. I think he has a sixth sense or something.