Random stuff
About a week ago he came out of a nap, but was apparently still tired… I sat down on the couch with Ian in a little bundle. He fell asleep in my arms — and it was as wonderful as when he was an infant, if not more so.
About three days ago (the 5th) Ian took my hat off, played with it a bit, and handed it back to me, saying “Here you go, Daaaddy!” This was a stunner, Melissa and I had to check with each other to make sure we weren’t hearing things.
I left my shoes out of the closet, and Ian said “Bindon!” That’s his word for Brandon, my co-worker who shows up some days at my office — and when he does? You guessed it, he leaves his shoes at the door.
On Monday the 3rd, I poured Ian a bowl of Cheerios in the morning for breakfast. He looked down and announced “Zeros!” The day this was written (the 8th) he had Cheerios for breakfast and it was remarkable to see him handle a bowl half filled with milk and cereal and end up with the vast majority of it in his tummy, all by himself.
He was so sick Monday (the 3rd) night that he was up every 10-15 minutes crying. We ended up letting him sleep in our bed, and he slept much better. No ramifications from that yet. Was funny to hear him meow back at the cat when Seth pulled his usual middle-of-the-night antics.
We came up with a new game where he sits on a blanket and I drag him around a bit on the blanket. We make him sit in the middle of the blanket and pat the place where he should sit while saying “sit.” We shouldn’t have been surprised when he requested playing this game by gathering the blanket from a couch, throwing it on the floor, tapping the middle of it and saying “sit.” See this image larger.