Thank goodness, I have my son back!

last Sunday, Dylan started with a fever mid day, around 101. He didn't break that fever until Thursday am, & was as high as 104.2. I had taken him into the doctor Monday am thinking it was ears since he was waking so much at night & hitting his head, but they were clear, & was diagnosed with a virus & inflamed throat. We still went in on Thursday for a recheck even though the fever broke since he was still so uncomfortable. Sure enough, ear infection presented this time. Damn ears. It's amazing to me how both kids have shown signs of ear pain before the ears show sign of infection. And it certainly is bothersome that the infection can show up within hours of leaving that doctors' office. Think its about time to buy an otoscope.
Dylan's finally coming back into his own. This morning he was playing with his sesame street ball, trying to kick it & heading the ball, even when it was sitting still on the ground!! LOL. He's swirling his arms side to side with music,& wanting to play in the water every chance he can get, holding his hands out as if to wash them when he sees the kitchen sink get turned on. Tonight, he even took a few more steps; were up to 5 in a row now.

The things she says...

Two of them occurred today & need to write them before I forget.

Me: "B, You can take your nap in bed with me today, but if you keep talking, you'll need to head down the hallway to your own room & lay down. Do you understand?"
B: "Mommy, if that's how you go down the hallway, how do you go up the hallway?"


(Background) So we were looking on the web at various disney cakes, and she asks me to click on an Alice & Wonderland cake.
Me: Have you seen that movie?
B: No
Me: Well then how did you know that was Alice & Wonderland?
B: I just do. Did you watch the movie Mommy?
Me: No
B: Well, then how did you know who she was?

Brooklyn has been counting down the days till my birthday since Tuesday! She ran into our room this morning, talking in the one volume she knows, "Mommy, I'm so excited, it's your birthday!"
Me: "Me too babe, but be quite, dad & Dylan are in here & still sleeping."
B: "HUH?, what'd you say?? I'm so excited Mommy. Yeah yeah yeah!!!"

And since everyone was now awake, we headed on in the living room to start our day.

Dylan was very curious about all the phone calls today & held a 'conversation' with just about everyone! It's the first day we've put the phone to his ear & hasn't just stared at the phone or us with a puzzled look.
I also received some birthday money & Brooklyn asked if we now had enough money for her to take ballet lessons! lol. (She's been asking about taking ballet for over 4 months now.)

We played most of the day together & enjoyed my dinner of salmon & broccoli, followed by a delicious pink cake!
Overall, it was a great day.

Getting closer

Dylan is egstatic that he can now climb into B's bed all by himself! He gets up, and practices getting down feet first. We still think he's going to be our trouble climber. Sean watched him the other day push B's little black rocking chair to the side of the couch, & climb up that way. Luckily, he didn't fall over the back.
He's getting more facinated with the steps too, throwing things down thru the gate & watching them bounce, roll or do nothing but get stuck on that first step completely out of his reach.
Starting 1 week ago, I've been holding on to the back of his PJ's when we get ready for bed & have him "walk" over to Daddy to say goodnight. We're only talking from the couch to the chair here, but it's getting him used to 'walking' without me holding his hands way above his head. We've noticed its' helped him gain confidence a little more as he'll go from his music table to us about 1-2 steps away by himself. Before I know it, he'll be running down the hall!

So this last week, B has been very in to role playing. She wants to be the mommy & I'm her, Dylan is now my baby brother. This isn't a 1/2 hour activity for her, she will stay in role all day long & try to correct me if I get out of charactor.
The funny thing is how she uses words & phrases like Sean & I do...."Let me think about it," "did you understand me?" and calling me honey. I then gave Books some of her own medicine asking why a lot, and whining that I didn't want to take a nap, all why you could tell she was pausing & thinking about what to say next. LOL

She's also seeking out her "project books" again is curious about mazes, figuring out more than/less than, and thinking about simple addition(3+1=4, 2+3=5).

Another tooth!

Top right tooth finally broke thru last night. Thank goodness! He's had a stuffy head since Friday afternoon & orajel moments overnight. Brooklyn had a fever most of Thursday with a stuffy head too, so I'm hoping they don't pass it to one another.

Dinner tonight

at dinner, sean say to Brooklyn to eat 5 more bites and asks her to count them out loud. she counted, but didn't actually have any food on spoon bite #3. Sean called her out on it & her facial expression cannot be explained except to say she knew she was caught & was tryint not to bust out laughing.

Happy 89th Birthday Papa Obie

So today we had great weather for January & headed out to Granny/Papa Obie's for a surprise birthday party! You could tell he was really happy to have everyone there. After singing an off-key version of happy birthday, Sean, Aydan, Brooklyn & Paul headed outside. Someone gave Aydan a new jump rope & given that he doesn't stop until he's mastered it, started jumping. Sean wanted to show off that he still had skills & jumped even after jamming a toe & turning it black & blue. Books thought everyone was just silly & showed them that they don't need a rope to jump! LOL
Dylan was inside, hanging out with X, playing "snag the pacifier." He'd take it out of X's mouth, try to put it back & repeat several times. Every now & then, he'd lean over & give him a big ol drooling kiss on the forehead. We're also giving Dylan credit for taking his first step today! Yeah!! It was towards aunt Mere Mere who was holding up a shiny round christmas ornament.
Both the Cats & the Bengals were on today, but we headed out around 5 as both of our kids were about to crash. Bengals ended up losing their wildcard game.

Odd weather thus far for 2012

So today it was 64 degrees at 3pm, so we headed outside for some January fun of a wagon ride to the library for some new books. I took this picture on Tuesday. This brief snow took everyone by surprise & resulted in icy conditions that gave me a 2 hour ride home.

Mimi came over tonight for a little while so we could go out & meet up with my old college roomate for after dinner drinks. It was so much fun catching up. Hopefully, we'll be able to do this about every 2 years.

A lil belly ache

D was fussing in his bed a little longer than usual so I went in to pick him up & rock in. 10 seconds later I was covered in vomit. YUCK. Quick bath, & he was back to sleep in under a minute. Slept all the way thru the night & woke happy so I guess dinner just didn't settle well.