Tuesday March 30th

So he is just adorable. Not that anyone reading this had any doubts. When I got home tonight he playing with his Encore Live Elmo. He kept grabbing his nose and saying nose and laughing when Elmo would talk funny and honk his nose. Then he told me it was Elmo's nose. Which was just great. We read the Five monkeys jumping on the bed and Daddy taught me some of the things that he does that Nathan really likes. He was in better spirits tonight and seemed more engaged. Yesterday I was worried when I got home because he was not as animated and I figured out after the fact he had a fever of about a 100. I was sick on Friday night with a fever myself and now just having an annoying cough and lump in my throat. We did some reading and then decided to take advantage of the nice air. He was excited to walk the yard and when he got into his cottage he saw the clock on the wall and said clock! Very cool. He learned that from the spot book. There is a grandfather clock that the snake is inside and he knew it was a clock from the face on the wall. It was great. I am so impressed with everything he is learning. They boys came up to work to see me today and he got a little upset when I would not let him go into the new manager's office to play. I didn't think about all the hours he spent in there when it was my office and that upset him. But we went into the next office and he interacted with the girl that was in it and shared with her and that was awesome since he had not seen her before and she was different. He did better when there was not an audience watching him and he left without having any issues. He and Dad went to the book store to get more Spot books and Nathan had a tantrum over wanting to play with the Sesame Street stuff that was there.

Tonight during his bath time he did not repeat turtle from the night before but he did line them up and count them. He did one two but I was not able to get him to do it again and then when he did count them it was with the same word but not one that I knew what it meant. Normally we have no issue getting out of the bath but tonight he had gotten very attached to the squirters and displayed some of his behavior but did get out of the bath tub without escalation. I reminded him the next step was brush and he was fine. Teeth was a repeat of the same issues, but he fussed more until I engaged him again in new activity which was getting dressed. I told him it was time for his book and he went to the bedroom and got on the bed without any issues. We read several of the new Spot books I was able to get him today and he worked on a few new thoughts in his head. I think a few new words will come from them. When I told him bed he headed into his bedroom and got into the twin bed not his crib. He just crawled right into and got under the covers. I left him in there thinking maybe he was ready to try the twin but after a few minutes I heard him trying the door so into his crib. He did have a little meltdown but his babbling after the meltdown was more words than babbling so that is an improvement.