Daddy's Office and Trip to the Mall

A quick update on Canon's health:  He's still got a stuffy/runny nose, but he's sleeping much better than that first night.  He's slept all the way through the night every night since (except last night- figures, right?).  He usually goes down just fine for his naps, but you can still tell he's uncomfortable.  It's actually kind of funny because a few times he's laughed at the feeling of his nose getting sucked with the aspirator.  I wish he would laugh every time. :)  Sometimes he still puts up a fight for the aspirator, but he does much better.  Hopefully this cold will go away soon.  (I'm crossing my fingers that he will pop out a couple more teeth at the end of this cold like last time!)
Yesterday afternoon I took Canon to visit Mark at the office.  We got to meet several of the people Mark works with every day.  In fact, Judge Veelas (spelling?) gave Canon $5 to start his college fund.  We tried to decline, but he was too excited about how smart Canon looked... so engaged in what Judge Veelas was saying. It was fun to visit Mark's office.

After the office we all went to the mall to look for a gift for Canon's birthday.  While there we went to a Friendly's restaurant because Canon needed to eat, and I didn't bring any food with me. (I was expecting to just go straight home after getting Mark.)  While at Friendly's, Canon banged his chin on the table really hard and bit his tongue.  He screamed pretty hard and his tongue was bleeding.  I felt so horrible, but Mark handled it all perfectly.  Canon calmed down after a few small spoonfuls of ice cream. :) The poor, sweet little guy!

 After dinner Canon wanted to get down and walk the stroller.  It was pretty cute how he was so determined to walk, but he absolutely refused to hold our hand to walk.  Mark tried to hold his hand to go a little faster, and Canon just hit it out the way and yanked his arm behind his back.  He did the same thing to me.  It was fun to see him wanting such independence, but after a little while Mark started calling him a little punk.  Canon deserved it though because he really was showing a bit of attitude, so we just put him in his stroller.  I never knew Canon had that side to him in there! :0)