Nothing gets past Nathan!

Nathan is so observant. Almost too much so for his own good!

This afternoon, Nathan and I were almost home from our walk. I try to take him out in the stroller most days that are decent and not too cold. It was about 4:55. We were 5 minutes from home.

All of a sudden, Nathan sits up straighter, puts his pointer finger out, and says "Dada!" Now, Nathan does not say alot, but when he says Dada I know what it means! I look around and sure enough, probably a block or more up the street, a police car is parked. How did Nathan even see it? I figured it probably was Jeremy as it was 4:55 and he gets off work at 5:00. It was an abandoned house and sure enough as we're walking by, I can see Jeremy up there in the yard. Nathan keeps saying Dada. Jeremy eventually sees us and waves from a distance.

I keep walking and know that Jeremy won't be too far behind. Nathan starts throwing a fit and keeps saying Dada and trying to climb out of the stroller. We get home a few minutes later and he does NOT want out of the stroller. Usually he is dying to get out of there since our walk is usually about an hour. I put the little screamer down and he starts pounding the driveway with his little fists.

THEN, he turns and starts marching out of the driveway into the road yelling "Dada" and crying. I run after him and grab his little hand. He pulls me down the street in the direction where he knows Jeremy is. We get just a little ways when I see Jeremy's car pull out on the road and start driving toward us for home. When he gets closer, Nathan's face lights up and he gets all happy.

This is what happens when he sees Daddy when he's not supposed to!

A similar scene took place a few weeks ago when Jeremy left one morning to go skiing with another off-duty deputy. Usually, Nathan is fine with Jeremy dressed up in his uniform and getting in his police car and leaving for work. He knows that the uniform and car mean Daddy has to go to work. On this morning; however, Jeremy was dressed up in regular clothes for skiing. Then, he got into the other guy's regular car. Nathan's little lip started shaking and he broke down in tears. Usually when Jeremy is dressed up in regular clothes, Nathan goes along wherever Daddy goes. It took me almost 40 minutes to calm him down after Jeremy left to go skiing! I think someone is becoming a little attached to his Daddy!