Friday, September 24, 2010

Christopher Bobistopher

[These pictures are from our trip to the Happy Berry Farm in August.]





Christopher is doing well as usual. He seems to be starting to get over his separation/stranger anxiety a little. He has gone back to smiling at people who smile at him instead of just looking at me with a stricken look on his face. However, he does still assume that the default is for me to carry him around whenever he sees me. I'll be ready for that phase to be over. It is waning, possibly, maybe a little, because it's normally when he's tired. He definitely pushes me away sometimes to get to a toy or to investigate what John is doing...

He is enjoying communicating "Bye" with a wave and a "b-b-bye." He sometimes reciprocates when you tell him goodbye. The other day when John's Leap Frog computer said goodbye upon idle shutdown, Christopher said "Bye" back. He also shakes his head no when he feels strongly, either good or bad, about something, and often to let us know that he is done eating.

He is definitely getting more and more proficient with scooting and seems to be proud and happy with mobility. He often scoots around from the kitchen to the den to keep up with the rest of us going back and forth. Instead of dirty knees like John had when he was crawling, Christopher shows the dirt from my dirty floors on the outside of his ankles. After having read several authoritative sounding articles online about scooting vs crawling, I have made my peace with his alternative method of locomotion.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

He knows me so well

Yesterday, John was finishing up playing with Play-doh when Christopher woke up from his nap. I told him that we would clean up and then there was just one more thing he needed to do before we could have a snack. John said "Unload the dishwasher!"
Of course, he was right!

Sunday, September 19, 2010

"That's Why We Get Along So Well"



Just now, Tony said he was going to heat up some leftover frittata from last night's dinner for breakfast and asked me if I wanted any of it. I said "No, I'll stick with Cheerios." He said: "That's why we get along so well: we stay out of each other's food."

Friday, September 17, 2010

DENTAL ALERT

Christopher is sprouting tooth #5. I saw it this morning. Upper left canine.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Running him ragged

What was I thinking?
John has gymnastics on Thursdays from 2:30 to 3:30pm. He now also has soccer on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30pm. So far, keeping him busy is working. We'll see how long we can burn the candle at both ends...
I went upstairs to check on him just now (7 minutes after I left) and to see if he was still awake, I said very quietly. "Are you OK?" He said "I'm asleep."

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Nothin' much

Life has kicked into normal high gear, now that Tony and John are back in school.
Tony is halfway through his annual Dracula trip to Louisville. Today he told me he was actually happy with the show, which is amazing at this point in technical rehearsals.
John is enjoying school very much. I am enjoying our new car pool. John isn't clingy when it isn't me or Tony driving him, and Miss Becky just drops them off in the car pool lane. It's a win-win-win situation! Loud in the afternoons, when I pick up the two kindergartners, but I can deal with that. I would rather have loud fun than any volume of whining!

John has also started gymnastics on Thursdays. I think he is still enjoying it, but ready to be challenged a little more.

He starts soccer on Tuesdays and Thursdays next week. Pa took him to buy shin guards and socks.

Christopher is continuing to perfect the "bottom scoot" to move from place to place since he hates being on his tummy.

Here are some pictures from our trip to Hilton Head Island this summer. Tony went down to SCRC (South Carolina Repertory Company) to do some maintenance and help with audience riser installation. The boys and I tagged along.





Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Nothing keeps him down

Evidently John picked up a 6-hour stomach bug last night. Yup, SIX hour. He started feeling bad around 4pm, complaining about his tummy hurting, fell asleep on the futon, didn't want to eat any dinner, started feeling really bad around 6:30, throwing up at 6:35, going to bed around 7pm, diarrhea at 8pm, back in bed, up at 8:30pm wanting to be up, read books with daddy, requested and received apple juice at 9:00, back to normal bedtime stalling tactics by 9:30. Slept all night (once he decided to stay in his bed), and was fine/normal this morning. Jumping on the little indoor trampoline by 4:30pm.
Whew! I count us very lucky, especially since this was the first time he has ever had a stomach bug. Pretty amazing for four-years-old.