Little Weekend

~~~~~~~~Marcus' POV~~~~~~~

It's surprised me how quickly Ethan's taken to being little. It's like his little side has been hiding just under the surface, waiting for a push to come out. He is such an adorable little boy too. We just got back from our last classes of the week and he immediately got in the floor and started playing with his toys. I simply smile and go get him a sippy cup of juice and his paci along with Chompy the T-Rex.

"Here you go, baby boy" I say as I squat down to give him his things.

"Thank you, daddy!" He exclaimed, opening his mouth for the paci which I happily give him, laying the other things in the floor.

"Want daddy to get you your dino shirt and some shorts to change into?" I ask him, getting a simple nod and huff from him as he happily plays with his toys.

As he plays I walk over to his drawers and open them up, pulling out one of his new shirts, a green one with a stegosaurs with Lego blocks for the plates on its back and a pair of comfy gray shorts with a little green T-Rex on one of the legs.

"Come on bubba, let's get you in some comfy clothes before you get too deep into playing" I say as he looks up at me, nodding as he gets up and stands in front of me. He was a little hesitant the first time I offered to change his clothes for him, but he's gotten pretty comfortable with it in the last couple days.

"Arms up, bubba" I say, to which he lifts his arms, letting me pull his shirt off and slide his new one on before moving to pull down his pants, noticing that his diaper is soaked. "Bubba, you want me to step out so you can change your diapee?"

We've yet to get to the point where he's comfortable with me changing his diapers, which I'm fine with. If he wants me to then he'll open up to it eventually. Whatever makes him comfortable. He nods and I head out the door, looking around to make sure no one can see in before I step out and close the door. After a few minutes he knocks on the door to let me know he's done so I step back in to the cutest sight of him standing there in his legosaurus t-shirt and dino diaper with his paci in his mouth.

"Aww, you look so stinking cute, baby" I coo, making him blush.

"T-tank chu, dada" he says in the cutest toddler voice ever.

"You're very welcome, bubba" I say kissing him on the forehead. "Want me to help you in your shorts?"

"Mmhmm" he hums with a little nod.

I hold his shorts open for him to step into as he holds on to my shoulders. I pull them up and no sooner than I'm standing he grabs me into a hug.

"Tank chu Daddy!" He says as I hug him back.

"Of course, baby boy" I say kissing him on the top of his head. "Go on and play and I'll help you with your work later, okay bubby?"

He plops down on his padded butt and started playing with his dinos and sipping juice out of his sippy cup. I sit with him as he plays, having the time of his life in his own little imaginary world. In the first couple weeks here I could tell, even though he tried to hide it, he was sad and depressed. Now though he doesn't look like he could be any happier and I'm so glad I could be part of that change.

"Dada, I's hungy" he says, breaking from his game.

"What would you like, bubba?" I ask, making him put on an adorable thinking face as he taps his finger to his chin.

"Nuggies!" He says with a bright smile through his paci.

"Alright baby, I'll order us some McDonald's" I say, going on Door Dash, ordering me a burger and Ethan some 'nuggies'.

When the food arrived Ethan moved out of view as I opened the door, grabbing the bag I had them leave by the door.

"Alright bubba, food time" I say, making him smile.

"Yay! Nuggies!" He says, making me chuckle as I get them out for him.

He's about to dig in before I stop him. "Hold on bubba, one thing first" I say as I pull out a bib, snapping it around his neck. "There we go, go for it baby."

He happily eats his nuggets, getting ketchup all over his face and on his bib, only affirming that it was a good call to put it on him.

As the day turns to night I see him barely able to keep his head up, his eyes drifting shut then snapping open.

"Bubba, are you tired?" I ask, getting a little nod from him.

I know by now he's probably soaked so I ask him if he wants me to step out so he can change.

"Too tiwed" he says as his head drops again.

"I know bubba but you need a fresh diapee. You'll leak and get a rash if you don't change" I say, looking down at him still on the floor.

"Too tiwed" he repeats, yawning as he tries to keep his eyes open.

I think for a moment, thinking of a solution to this problem, but not sure if he'll be okay with it.

"Ethan, if you're too tired to change yourself, would you be okay if I change you?" I ask.

He looks up at me for a moment through sleepy eyes and nods.

"Are you sure, bubba?" I ask, wanting to be sure it's okay.

"Mhm" he sleepily hums, making me smile at how cute he is.

I go to his diaper drawer, pulling out his changing pad, wipes, powder, and a fresh dino diaper. I lay everything out on his bed before going to pick him up and lay him on the pad.

"Chompy" he says sleepily through his paci.

"Okay bubba" I say, grabbing his stuffie and handing it to him.

He holds Chompy to his chest and sucks on his paci contently as I start to pull down his shorts and untape his diaper, setting off to work cleaning him up gently, cooing to him as I get him wiped off, oiled, and powdered, taping up his fresh diaper.

"You want your shorts back on?" I ask him, getting a shake of his head in response. "Okay, no shorts it is."

I lift him up onto my hip, Chompy and all, his head resting on my shoulder as I put up his pad and drop his used diaper in his diaper pail. I go to lay him in his bed only to get a whine out of him.

"What's wrong bubba?" I ask, trying to lay him down again to the same result. "Do you wanna sleep with daddy tonight, bubba?"

He nods, making me smile as I carry him over to my bed, laying him down and telling him to let me get changed. As soon as I get in my pajamas and crawl into bed he's snuggled up to me with Chompy between us, making me wonder what I ever did to get so lucky to have such an adorable baby boy. I set my alarm, put on some baby sleep music for him, and slowly drift off to sleep.