Today I took Stanton to one of his favorite hang outs: Monkey Joe's! It's a really nice, clean indoor jump land. Now that the big kids have all gone back to school, we have the whole place pretty much to ourselves. Today Stanton made a new friend with the one other little girl playing at Monkey Joe's. Her mom and I got to chatting. You know, the usual stay at home mom talk...."how old is he?" "when is his birthday?" "do you come play here often?" "your child is so cute", etc.
So many parents I meet in places like Monkey Joe's comment on how big Stanton is for his age. I beam with pride, smile and say "yes he is." They have NO idea...it's like we have a big secret. Stanton is growing, finally putting on weight and looks healthy. Despite everything. Families who don't know our story can't possibly fathom what our life is like on the days we just can't seem to get out of the house.
It takes all of this:
to play like this:
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