Dawson had a great day, his appetite is back and he still has lots of energy. We played outside, watched some movies and played with his legos. I had left his bag of toys at the hospital since we left late and didn't expect to have much playtime before heading back in the morning. So he really has no toys in the RM house except a ball and his bag of legos. Thankfully throwing a ball down stairs or over the ledge of the loft is great fun. :)
Tyler had a good day also, he's taking bottles from the nurses and getting lots of attention. Can't wait to see him again.
I'm still feeling fine, if I still feel fine in the morning, I'll be going to get Tyler. Can't wait to go home and be a family again for a couple days. :)
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Our Sick Day at the Ronald McDonald House
Dawson woke up every hour or so, mostly dry heaving. He got up (unknown to me until it was too late) and chugged down all the water from his sippy. I totally forgot it was still in his reach. :( Of course he threw all that up too, but that was the end of it. In the morning he was walking around saying "owie owie!!" and wanting water. It's hard when they don't understand. I gave him a few sips worth in his sippy. He drank that and continued to fuss and ask for more. I gave him a little at a time, trying to distract him with movies and toys as much as I could. He did play with his legos for a bit and watched some Blue's Clues. He was taking the water fine, so I started giving him a little more, then he was fine and didn't want anymore.
Around 1pm I gave him a small bowl of applesauce. He ate some but wasn't interested in the rest. I'm glad he's pacing himself with the food. He refused when I offered him more a few hours later. The RM house provides cheerios, so I brought some up for him. I've been running down to grab things while he stays in the room. I blocked off the stairs and he was just sitting watching his movie. He didn't seem to mind at all, he's comfortable here now, it's like a big house and I was just leaving the room. I didn't want to risk anyone else getting sick either, or risking him throwing up somewhere. So once supper time came, I went down and got it in to-go boxes. Dawson wasn't very hungry, he picked at some bread and turned the rest down. He didn't even want my cookie, which I thought for sure he'd be fighting me for. He ate some cheerios and was good with that.
He was very active today. He played with a ball on the stairs for a good 2 hours, then wanted to go outside. I put on his mask and we went outside. He ran through the leaves, down the slide and we sat on a swinging bench for a bit too. He played outside for at least an hour. It really wore him out, he fell asleep around 9pm tonight, so I've had a quiet evening! I finished the laundry, washed the bedding. Seems like everyone was doing laundry today! I checked often and finally just went down to the basement to get it done. There's 1 set of machines on our floor, which is about 8 rooms. Then there's 2 sets of machines down in the basement. I've never seen anyone use those yet. I usually just bring our clothes to the hospital and wash them with Tyler's there.
Dawson's fever went away this evening. I checked it around 8pm and it was gone, so if he's still doing good and I'm still feeling good on Saturday, I'll go get Tyler and we'll all go home. I'm really hoping to be able to, but I'm still bracing myself for the flu. At least it's a short lived thing. Hopefully tomorrow will go well so we can have a break for a couple days.
Around 1pm I gave him a small bowl of applesauce. He ate some but wasn't interested in the rest. I'm glad he's pacing himself with the food. He refused when I offered him more a few hours later. The RM house provides cheerios, so I brought some up for him. I've been running down to grab things while he stays in the room. I blocked off the stairs and he was just sitting watching his movie. He didn't seem to mind at all, he's comfortable here now, it's like a big house and I was just leaving the room. I didn't want to risk anyone else getting sick either, or risking him throwing up somewhere. So once supper time came, I went down and got it in to-go boxes. Dawson wasn't very hungry, he picked at some bread and turned the rest down. He didn't even want my cookie, which I thought for sure he'd be fighting me for. He ate some cheerios and was good with that.
He was very active today. He played with a ball on the stairs for a good 2 hours, then wanted to go outside. I put on his mask and we went outside. He ran through the leaves, down the slide and we sat on a swinging bench for a bit too. He played outside for at least an hour. It really wore him out, he fell asleep around 9pm tonight, so I've had a quiet evening! I finished the laundry, washed the bedding. Seems like everyone was doing laundry today! I checked often and finally just went down to the basement to get it done. There's 1 set of machines on our floor, which is about 8 rooms. Then there's 2 sets of machines down in the basement. I've never seen anyone use those yet. I usually just bring our clothes to the hospital and wash them with Tyler's there.
Dawson's fever went away this evening. I checked it around 8pm and it was gone, so if he's still doing good and I'm still feeling good on Saturday, I'll go get Tyler and we'll all go home. I'm really hoping to be able to, but I'm still bracing myself for the flu. At least it's a short lived thing. Hopefully tomorrow will go well so we can have a break for a couple days.
Long Day, Dawson got the Flu
It was a really long day today. Dawson decided to dump the entire box of cereal out onto the unmade bed this morning, so cleaning that up took extra time. I also had to pump because Tyler didn't eat as much as usual yesterday and I was sore.
We got to the hospital around noon. Dawson is great about wearing his mask these days. He used to put up a fight getting it on, but once it was on he was fine. Now he lifts his face up to me when I go to put it on and he'll leave it there! Tyler was happy to see me, he says "mama" a lot lately. He kinda clapped his hands today. He loves it when I clap. He was watching a movie and was excited, so he was waving his arms around and then clapped his partially closed fists together a couple times. It was really cute!
Dawson was pretty bored, he was trying to push buttons on the IV pump and pulling on the tubes. He was goofing with the diaper scale (they weigh Tyler's diapers) and he was getting into my things everytime I'd do anything with Tyler. So I had the nurse change all the diapers today, that really helps. Dawson just knows that as soon as I get those gloves on, I'm busy with something else!
Tyler wasn't eating solids today, or even nursing much. He did seem to keep his good mood though. He's really starting to like Blue's Clues, which is nice because Dawson really likes that show too so it keeps them both entertained. Too bad the hospital only has 1 of those movies.
I called to make a speech evaluation appointment today, I just got an answering machine but hopefully we'll get Dawson in soon. His Dr wanted to wait since we're so uprooted, but it seems like we're here at Children's more than home so I thought we'd do it here. A complete evaluation is booked through February, so I chose to just do speech since he's doing great everywhere else. I have a friend who does development stuff and she often posts a link to the monthly milestone sheets, which Dawson has been doing great in all the physical things, he's just lacking in speech and a some in social development, but mostly where speech is related.
We left around 8pm tonight. Dawson was happy to get back to the RM house, he always claps and says "yay!" when we get there. Leaving the hospital without Tyler is always hard though, today Dawson tried to run back into the hospital. He seems afraid of where he'll end up if Tyler is still in there and we're leaving.
Once we got to the RM house, I thought I lost my phone. It was in the trunk because I'd had it in the stroller last. Whew! While looking for it, Dawson decided to play in a plant and eat some dirt. I came up to him and he had a funny face and dirt on his chin. I tried to get it out but it was hopelessly stuck to his tongue so I gave him some water to wash it down. Dawson had macaroni and some spaghetti noodles for supper. While heating it up we ended up with a 4 year old girl following us around for about an hour. She was asking questions and talking non-stop. I learned that she has a little brother named Dawson and I found out what he likes to eat and what all he's capable of doing. Her mommy also has a baby in her tummy. That's when it got "fun". She wanted to know if Dawson used to be in my tummy, did he like it there, when did he get out.....? I changed the conversation before she asked how he got in there! I really didn't think I was in any danger of that conversation yet, but apparently I was mistaken!! Then she moved on to food, I found out what she likes, doesn't like, what her mom makes her eat, etc, etc... Then we went over what Dawson likes, what I like...WHY to every possible answer. I'm really NOT looking forward to this stage! Though it's cute, I really don't miss all the questions! I had a 4 year old in the daycare I worked at and she was the same way. So all while she's hounding me with questions, I'm thinking "why am I in a hurry to get Dawson to talk?!" Her mom came by a few times, said "you aren't bothering her, are you?" to the kid. Of course the girl says "no, we're just talking". Well I suppose that was true, but seriously, I like my peace and quiet while at the RM house, nobody is around much in the evening and it's just nice to be able to sit and think, or not think! She was pretty cute. Another lady fell into this girl's trap when walking across the room. Ended up talking to her for about 10 minutes. The lady chuckled at all her questions and asked "is she yours?", I said "nope! she just came over and started talking to us". She gave me a look of pity before she left!
I got back to the room thinking how nice and quiet it's gonna be. I got Dawson settled down with some legos, put a movie in for me and got comfy on the bed. Not 5 minutes later, Dawson threw up a ton. So much for peaceful and relaxing! I got up and stuck him in the bathtub. We have a removable shower head in this room so I turned that on and hosed him off, clothes and all. Then I took off his clothes and gave him a bath. Was going to wait until tomorrow but I guess not! Wasn't sure if it was from what he ate or not. He did eat that dirt... Well he seemed to be feeling ok afterward, he voluntarily settled down and went to bed, which was a warning sign to me. Then he threw up a bit more. He's been waking up and dry heaving for the last 2 hours, so I think it's definitely the flu. We won't be going to see Tyler tomorrow. I think we'll just keep ourselves isolated in here. No point in going home to make Dan sick. I have masks to wear in the common areas of the RM house so nobody else gets sick. Will probably only leave the room to get food if we're even hungry for it. If I'm going to get it, I hope I can get it and get over it soon so we can move on! I did get the flu shot but not the H1N1 shot. Dawson didn't get either because he's allergic to eggs. He has no fever so that's a good sign. Hopefully it'll be over soon.
We got to the hospital around noon. Dawson is great about wearing his mask these days. He used to put up a fight getting it on, but once it was on he was fine. Now he lifts his face up to me when I go to put it on and he'll leave it there! Tyler was happy to see me, he says "mama" a lot lately. He kinda clapped his hands today. He loves it when I clap. He was watching a movie and was excited, so he was waving his arms around and then clapped his partially closed fists together a couple times. It was really cute!
Dawson was pretty bored, he was trying to push buttons on the IV pump and pulling on the tubes. He was goofing with the diaper scale (they weigh Tyler's diapers) and he was getting into my things everytime I'd do anything with Tyler. So I had the nurse change all the diapers today, that really helps. Dawson just knows that as soon as I get those gloves on, I'm busy with something else!
Tyler wasn't eating solids today, or even nursing much. He did seem to keep his good mood though. He's really starting to like Blue's Clues, which is nice because Dawson really likes that show too so it keeps them both entertained. Too bad the hospital only has 1 of those movies.
I called to make a speech evaluation appointment today, I just got an answering machine but hopefully we'll get Dawson in soon. His Dr wanted to wait since we're so uprooted, but it seems like we're here at Children's more than home so I thought we'd do it here. A complete evaluation is booked through February, so I chose to just do speech since he's doing great everywhere else. I have a friend who does development stuff and she often posts a link to the monthly milestone sheets, which Dawson has been doing great in all the physical things, he's just lacking in speech and a some in social development, but mostly where speech is related.
We left around 8pm tonight. Dawson was happy to get back to the RM house, he always claps and says "yay!" when we get there. Leaving the hospital without Tyler is always hard though, today Dawson tried to run back into the hospital. He seems afraid of where he'll end up if Tyler is still in there and we're leaving.
Once we got to the RM house, I thought I lost my phone. It was in the trunk because I'd had it in the stroller last. Whew! While looking for it, Dawson decided to play in a plant and eat some dirt. I came up to him and he had a funny face and dirt on his chin. I tried to get it out but it was hopelessly stuck to his tongue so I gave him some water to wash it down. Dawson had macaroni and some spaghetti noodles for supper. While heating it up we ended up with a 4 year old girl following us around for about an hour. She was asking questions and talking non-stop. I learned that she has a little brother named Dawson and I found out what he likes to eat and what all he's capable of doing. Her mommy also has a baby in her tummy. That's when it got "fun". She wanted to know if Dawson used to be in my tummy, did he like it there, when did he get out.....? I changed the conversation before she asked how he got in there! I really didn't think I was in any danger of that conversation yet, but apparently I was mistaken!! Then she moved on to food, I found out what she likes, doesn't like, what her mom makes her eat, etc, etc... Then we went over what Dawson likes, what I like...WHY to every possible answer. I'm really NOT looking forward to this stage! Though it's cute, I really don't miss all the questions! I had a 4 year old in the daycare I worked at and she was the same way. So all while she's hounding me with questions, I'm thinking "why am I in a hurry to get Dawson to talk?!" Her mom came by a few times, said "you aren't bothering her, are you?" to the kid. Of course the girl says "no, we're just talking". Well I suppose that was true, but seriously, I like my peace and quiet while at the RM house, nobody is around much in the evening and it's just nice to be able to sit and think, or not think! She was pretty cute. Another lady fell into this girl's trap when walking across the room. Ended up talking to her for about 10 minutes. The lady chuckled at all her questions and asked "is she yours?", I said "nope! she just came over and started talking to us". She gave me a look of pity before she left!
I got back to the room thinking how nice and quiet it's gonna be. I got Dawson settled down with some legos, put a movie in for me and got comfy on the bed. Not 5 minutes later, Dawson threw up a ton. So much for peaceful and relaxing! I got up and stuck him in the bathtub. We have a removable shower head in this room so I turned that on and hosed him off, clothes and all. Then I took off his clothes and gave him a bath. Was going to wait until tomorrow but I guess not! Wasn't sure if it was from what he ate or not. He did eat that dirt... Well he seemed to be feeling ok afterward, he voluntarily settled down and went to bed, which was a warning sign to me. Then he threw up a bit more. He's been waking up and dry heaving for the last 2 hours, so I think it's definitely the flu. We won't be going to see Tyler tomorrow. I think we'll just keep ourselves isolated in here. No point in going home to make Dan sick. I have masks to wear in the common areas of the RM house so nobody else gets sick. Will probably only leave the room to get food if we're even hungry for it. If I'm going to get it, I hope I can get it and get over it soon so we can move on! I did get the flu shot but not the H1N1 shot. Dawson didn't get either because he's allergic to eggs. He has no fever so that's a good sign. Hopefully it'll be over soon.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Back to the Hospital
Tyler got admitted today. We got going around 10am and got to the hospital just before noon. Dawson threw a tantrum but settled in pretty quick after I put a movie in for him. I found out that I misread the chemo plan. It's 2 days of chemo, not 4. They used to do a calendar and write out the plan, but they don't anymore since I do ok at reading the Dr's roadmaps.
Dawson didn't last very long at the hospital. We left around 3pm to go check into the Ronald McDonald house. We got the room across the hall from our old room, so it's the same but backwards of the other one. This one has no microwave either, I miss that. They do have them downstairs though. Dawson is liking it here. He's getting into everything. So far he's already gotten his head stuck between 2 metal bars of the loft railing. He also took a ton of kleenexes and threw them off the loft, that was entertaining. I came out of the bathroom to find kleenex all over the place.
He didn't eat much for supper, they had vegetarian lasagna and a few casseroles. Dawson won't eat anything mixed. He had a bun some beans and a pumpkin bar. Thankfully I have his own food here, so I can make up for that.
Tyler is in a good mood still, he had a jar of sweet potatoes and some applesauce today. Dawson finished it for him. He's been impressing the nurses with his sitting up and leaning skills. Tomorrow the physical therapist is going to stop by and see what he can do now. The nurse says he's not taking a bottle yet, but hopefully he will eventually.
Dawson didn't last very long at the hospital. We left around 3pm to go check into the Ronald McDonald house. We got the room across the hall from our old room, so it's the same but backwards of the other one. This one has no microwave either, I miss that. They do have them downstairs though. Dawson is liking it here. He's getting into everything. So far he's already gotten his head stuck between 2 metal bars of the loft railing. He also took a ton of kleenexes and threw them off the loft, that was entertaining. I came out of the bathroom to find kleenex all over the place.
He didn't eat much for supper, they had vegetarian lasagna and a few casseroles. Dawson won't eat anything mixed. He had a bun some beans and a pumpkin bar. Thankfully I have his own food here, so I can make up for that.
Tyler is in a good mood still, he had a jar of sweet potatoes and some applesauce today. Dawson finished it for him. He's been impressing the nurses with his sitting up and leaning skills. Tomorrow the physical therapist is going to stop by and see what he can do now. The nurse says he's not taking a bottle yet, but hopefully he will eventually.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Our New TV
My mom and sister came over today and saw what we got. They always make us wait until we come over to see what they got, so we did the same. They seemed impressed. :) Here it is, our new 46 inch Sony LCD TV that we got with our property tax return.
Sitting below it is our old 20 inch TV that we've had since we got married. It was an open item, so we got a really good deal on it. It has a small scratch on the top but you have to know where to look to see it. Not a big deal, I'm sure the kids will put more on it anyway, unfortunately! I'm still trying to get Dawson to be nice to it. He keeps pushing on the screen, it makes a cool distortion color and makes us cringe! I told him he was giving the TV an owie, he seemed to leave it alone a little better after that.
Dawson got a 2 year molar last week and is still working on the others. It was cute when I went shopping earlier this evening, I went to get the boys out and they both had a hand shoved in their mouth! I think they are both teething, Tyler has had his hands in his mouth more too. I stopped using shopping carts because of this, I just push them in the stroller and carry a basket. Thankfully I didn't have much to get!
Tyler is approved for chemo, so we're going back tomorrow morning. First to Grandma's house to pick up the breastmilk, then to the hospital. We also got into the Ronald McDonald house on the first day! There was no waiting list, I sure wasn't expecting that! A big relief since Dawson is with me and I really didn't want to deal with him in the hotel again.
We're gonna have a movie night before I go back. We get a free Redbox dvd every first monday of the month, so we couldn't pass it up. I got The Proposal, I hear it's good. Hopefully we can have a nice relaxing evening before going back. Tyler has been staying up really late these days, until 4-5am a lot of the times. Dawson goes to bed around 11-12 and gets up around 8-10am, so I usually don't get a lot of sleep!
Dawson got a 2 year molar last week and is still working on the others. It was cute when I went shopping earlier this evening, I went to get the boys out and they both had a hand shoved in their mouth! I think they are both teething, Tyler has had his hands in his mouth more too. I stopped using shopping carts because of this, I just push them in the stroller and carry a basket. Thankfully I didn't have much to get!
Tyler is approved for chemo, so we're going back tomorrow morning. First to Grandma's house to pick up the breastmilk, then to the hospital. We also got into the Ronald McDonald house on the first day! There was no waiting list, I sure wasn't expecting that! A big relief since Dawson is with me and I really didn't want to deal with him in the hotel again.
We're gonna have a movie night before I go back. We get a free Redbox dvd every first monday of the month, so we couldn't pass it up. I got The Proposal, I hear it's good. Hopefully we can have a nice relaxing evening before going back. Tyler has been staying up really late these days, until 4-5am a lot of the times. Dawson goes to bed around 11-12 and gets up around 8-10am, so I usually don't get a lot of sleep!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Starting Solids
I decided to see if Tyler would take some baby food today. In the past he'd put up a big fight just trying to get him to open up, so we just waited. Today he opened up and was eating it like he'd been doing it all along! He ended up eating a whole jar of Sweet Potatoes. Hopefully we can add this into his daily routine and he'll continue to eat well. He didn't really make a mess until Dawson came into the kitchen and got into something. I got him out of the kitchen and turned around to see Tyler had dumped the entire bowl onto the tray and was splashing in it and sucking it off his fingers! Why did I leave the bowl on his tray?! Should've known better!
I keep forgetting to mention Dawson's first sentence! He says this quite a bit now, which I think is funny and quite necessary for a 2 year old's vocabulary. He says "I did it", it's so cute! Sometimes I can't figure out what he did, but today I asked him to close the cutting board. He did, we clapped and said "yay", so did he, then he said "I did it" and smiled. :)
For the longest time, Dawson was so good to hand me his plate and everything once he was done eating. I had him start doing that, instead of throwing it onto the floor. Well he's back to throwing it on the floor again. I've been having him pick it all up, but it doesn't seem to be stopping him from doing it.
Tomorrow my mom and sister are coming over. I'm sure Dawson will be happy to see them, he sure loves his Grandma and Auntie. He even says "Auntie" when he sees her or even hears her voice over the phone, it's the cutest thing!
The time change didn't seem to bother Dawson at all. He actually fell asleep an hour earlier than usual (figuring in the time change). I think I wore him out pretty good. He had a rough day, lots of disagreeing and tantruming today, so I'm sure that helped wear him out also.
Today I cleaned the boys' room. I put a bookcase in there, that helped a lot. All the diapers and many other things that had no home are now off the floor and looking a lot neater. I can see the rocking chair AND the floor now! :) Dan put together a new storage cabinet that he bought, it's just like our other one. We put that in the spot where the bookcase is, so now we have a place to put picture albums, books and other things we don't want Dawson getting into. The other day he started dragging out my books, he hadn't really messed with them before so I was glad we bought that!
Some pics from yesterday. The boys were playing with this toy. Dawson likes having things on his lap, so he pulled it up on his lap and a little away from Tyler. That upset Tyler, so I scooted him closer and they both played with it peacefully for at least 5 minutes. It was really cute seeing them play together!
I keep forgetting to mention Dawson's first sentence! He says this quite a bit now, which I think is funny and quite necessary for a 2 year old's vocabulary. He says "I did it", it's so cute! Sometimes I can't figure out what he did, but today I asked him to close the cutting board. He did, we clapped and said "yay", so did he, then he said "I did it" and smiled. :)
For the longest time, Dawson was so good to hand me his plate and everything once he was done eating. I had him start doing that, instead of throwing it onto the floor. Well he's back to throwing it on the floor again. I've been having him pick it all up, but it doesn't seem to be stopping him from doing it.
Tomorrow my mom and sister are coming over. I'm sure Dawson will be happy to see them, he sure loves his Grandma and Auntie. He even says "Auntie" when he sees her or even hears her voice over the phone, it's the cutest thing!
The time change didn't seem to bother Dawson at all. He actually fell asleep an hour earlier than usual (figuring in the time change). I think I wore him out pretty good. He had a rough day, lots of disagreeing and tantruming today, so I'm sure that helped wear him out also.
Today I cleaned the boys' room. I put a bookcase in there, that helped a lot. All the diapers and many other things that had no home are now off the floor and looking a lot neater. I can see the rocking chair AND the floor now! :) Dan put together a new storage cabinet that he bought, it's just like our other one. We put that in the spot where the bookcase is, so now we have a place to put picture albums, books and other things we don't want Dawson getting into. The other day he started dragging out my books, he hadn't really messed with them before so I was glad we bought that!
Some pics from yesterday. The boys were playing with this toy. Dawson likes having things on his lap, so he pulled it up on his lap and a little away from Tyler. That upset Tyler, so I scooted him closer and they both played with it peacefully for at least 5 minutes. It was really cute seeing them play together!
Dawson running over the bubble wrap. This was the smaller piece. He still has a lot more to play with some other day. Should be fun, it sure wore him out! :)
Sibling Fun
Well 2 days ago I said that Tyler isn't getting off his belly yet, but yesterday he was doing it all day long! He gets up on all fours now, off his belly and everything, and rocks back and forth. Dawson was doing that at about 8 months too and he started crawling at 9 months. Yikes! How'd he grow so fast?! He's quickly going from little baby to active baby. He always progresses so fast at home, it's like he's making up for lost time in the hospital!
Tyler is saying "mama" and "dada" more appropriately now. Before it was all dada at home and mama at the hospital. Now he says mama if he's hungry, wet, fell over or has some other problem and he says dada if he sees him walk by or something.
The boys were having lots of fun together last night. I was holding Tyler, flying him around the apartment after Dawson. Tyler was all giggles, especially when he caught up to and touched Dawson and it was the best when he landed on him and we tickled him. Dawson thought it was really fun too, he didn't even mind Tyler touching him for once. He usually doesn't like it and shoves him off. Once Dawson was tired he stopped on the couch. We sat by him, he grinned at Tyler and said "Hi..dada". He still doesn't say Tyler, it sounded like he knew that wasn't right but didn't get how to say it. I said it a few times and he was intently listening but didn't say it. He always gets this bashful look when prompted to say a new word. It's like he doesn't want to say it wrong, so he doesn't say it. You can just see him going over it in his head though, it's cute.
I invited my parents over today to see our new "toy", so after they see what we got I'll post it. I still have a lot of cleaning to do. I also want to switch the toys again. I keep half the toys in the closet and switch them out every couple months. I used to do it every 2 weeks but just got out of that habit. It's always fun to discover the "new" toys all over again. Keeps them busier.
Here's some more pics rom the photoshoot the other day:
Tyler is saying "mama" and "dada" more appropriately now. Before it was all dada at home and mama at the hospital. Now he says mama if he's hungry, wet, fell over or has some other problem and he says dada if he sees him walk by or something.
The boys were having lots of fun together last night. I was holding Tyler, flying him around the apartment after Dawson. Tyler was all giggles, especially when he caught up to and touched Dawson and it was the best when he landed on him and we tickled him. Dawson thought it was really fun too, he didn't even mind Tyler touching him for once. He usually doesn't like it and shoves him off. Once Dawson was tired he stopped on the couch. We sat by him, he grinned at Tyler and said "Hi..dada". He still doesn't say Tyler, it sounded like he knew that wasn't right but didn't get how to say it. I said it a few times and he was intently listening but didn't say it. He always gets this bashful look when prompted to say a new word. It's like he doesn't want to say it wrong, so he doesn't say it. You can just see him going over it in his head though, it's cute.
I invited my parents over today to see our new "toy", so after they see what we got I'll post it. I still have a lot of cleaning to do. I also want to switch the toys again. I keep half the toys in the closet and switch them out every couple months. I used to do it every 2 weeks but just got out of that habit. It's always fun to discover the "new" toys all over again. Keeps them busier.
Here's some more pics rom the photoshoot the other day:
I love that smile!
He was getting hot and crabby so I took off the shirt. Cute chubby arms!
His scar from the first Hickman is getting lighter. If you look close, it's the little red dot at the 1 or 2 o'clock position on the outside of the circle. He's growing into them more too, they used to go down to his feet. I still don't get why they make them so long, it's really not that necessary.
Here's Dawson when he fell asleep at the table the other day
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