More Quality Time

Brandi is working again this weekend so I'm back in my Mr. Mom role. Rex decided to get a head start on his terrible two's yesterday and the tantrums are coming fast and very furious. I'm pretty sure he's not sick or in pain because whenever I give him what he wants he's pacified (for about 5 seconds until he moves on to the next DEMAND!) Good thing it's been sunny this weekend so we can stay outside. Rex and I went to a wedding reception/house warming party for my friend Winnie. There were lots of nice people and plenty of social opportunities, but once Rex spotted the staircase our agenda for the afternoon was established. We lasted a good hour and a half there at the party, and I was able to multi-task a bit by walking Rex down the stairs with one hand while consuming alcohol with the other.
Rex had a difficult night sleeping last night. He's probaby teething, but with so many teeth in now it's hard to be sure. We've been spoiled since he's normally such a solid sleeper. Getting up at 4am is now a colossal drag. I thought we had an agreement on this! Maybe there is a way to train him to self-administer the tylenol? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
All this may sound like I'm not fond of taking care of Rex, which is not true. We do have a lot of fun (see photo for proof). But it seems after we started blogging word got around that I was somekind of male Mary Poppins. I was even asked by our church nursery to volunteer!? That's hilarious. Don't you people know I'm the guy who went to the emergency room with his 15 month old after he almost broke his nose on the slide? I'm the guy who dresses my kid in whatever is within reach and measures tylenol doses by the level of crankyness. Please! I'm not a pro at this. Just a humble survivor.