The News
Below are some interesting tidbits in images, but here’s a few stories via text first…
• Ian tried to pick me up off the floor by grasping my shoulders. I didn’t get it at first, but it turned out he wanted to hitch a ride, which he typically does by standing on my lap, looping an arm behind my neck and pointing. As I had been laying down, he needed me to sit up in order to get into my lap. I couldn’t really tell what he was doing until I started sitting up and as I did so he grunted as if straining to lift me. It was hilarious!
• I whistled a song that one of Ian’s toys plays… and he immediately walked over to the toy and started the song playing. (I should probably stop mentioning this kind of thing. He does it all the time now. Start singing something from one of his DVDs, and he looks at the TV… and I mentioned how he’ll go and get the right book if you recite a part of it to him.)
• The news that I’ve mentioned a couple times now without saying too much is that I found out that a major source of income for our household will dry up come September 1st. I don’t want to dwell on it, but suffice to say we’ll be fine and that “new house” plans are on hold for foreseeable future. Let’s call the path ahead a road to recovery. If you’re interested in more about this topic talk to me in person or on the phone. Again, all will be well, I can tell already.
Remember a long time ago when I put this picture in the blog, claiming that the highlighted portion of his gums were causing Ian to be irritated?
It turned out to be some surprise big ol’ honeys in the back on the top that were really causing the pain at that time. Here you can see just how big those teeth are! But guess what? The other night he started cutting a few more, and this time they really are coming out at around the position shown in the above “ow” image! (The one highlighted in the image is actually through the gumline slightly and the other side looks red and angry.) See this image larger.
I was trying to figure out what made Ian choose the specific ball that he picked in the story I told awhile back where I got to take him to the toy area of a store for the sole purpose of buying whichever ball he decided on. When Ian picked up this book again recently, one that we got from Aunt Melanie/Uncle Ben and crew a long time ago, I remembered that he had excitedly pointed at that ball in the book and said “A baw a baw a baw!!!” just like at the store. I had thought he was simply happy at the store, but he may have also been having a bit of a flashback. I explained this to Melissa and she didn’t quite seem to buy it, but as if to drive the point home as I was theorizing, Ian pointed back and forth at the book and the ball saying “a baw a baw a baw!” See this image larger.
