Chris & Naomi Hathaway Home

This morning was a little hectic as we got ready to go to Lili's baby blessing. As we were getting ready to leave, I went to find Lincoln's sippy cup (soft spout aka "bottle") to get him some milk. I couldn't find it anywhere. I looked in every room, every drawer, under anything. I searched my memory for any rooms I had seen him use it in earlier. Hmm. The problem was all the other cups were in the dishwasher and were still on the clean cycle besides the fact that I was very resistant to dirtying another cup with all the other dishes now clean. I can't run a load of just sippy cups. "Lincoln what did you do with your bottle?!" He didn't seem to remember. He never does (he did help look though). We looked and looked with no luck. Finally I broke down and opened the dishwasher to get another one out. As steamy water rushed up to my face I looked down and there was his bottle face down, clean on the outside, not so much on the inside since the top was still tightly screwed on. I guess I should be proud of him for loading his dishes in the dishwasher instead of being frustrated. In all fairness to him, he was trying to help before I banished him to his crib so I could finish loading without his help. I try to get his help with the unloading so he doesn't have to put his fingers in ketchup or other greasy messes. His other sippy cups (hard snap on lid that we use for water) were also not to be found while loading the dishwasher earlier. Later I found 1 in the hall closet in a box, 1 in the car on the floor behind the seat, and I don't know where Chris found the last one. Lincoln hides them and then if he gets to them first he immediately drinks from them which creeps me out because I have no idea how long they've been there and what can happen to the water/backwash in them in that amount of time. It is amazing how many things I do find when Lincoln plays his hiding game. Last week I found my cell phone behind the DVR in the TV cabinet. At least it was still on so I could call it using Chris's phone. I've found his bottles crammed into all kinds of nooks and crannies. The good news is that I am improving my detective skills through all of these challenges. I subconsciously pay attention to Lincoln's bottle, Chris's keys, ring, wallet, and cell phone making a mental note so I can later recall where I saw them when the need arises. It has paid off numerous times. Now for a piece of bad news, after the blessing we left Lincoln's sippy cup under our bench at church. It isn't our ward building and we're trying to cut down on our driving so I don't know if we'll be able to recover it. I'll have to keep an extra good watch on the three we have left.