Cough

I took Thad to the doctor yesterday afternoon because he has had a cough the past few days and it kept waking him up at night. He hadn't been able to sleep during the day, either, and he was exhausted. I called the nurse and she said he should be seen to make sure he doesn't have an ear infection. So he was seen by the nurse practitioner, Sue, but it turns out he just has a cough. She said to have him sleep upright by putting his car seat or something in his bed and strapping him into that, and to run a cool mist humidifier in his room. So last night when I put him to bed I put his bouncy seat in the crib and layed him in that once he fell asleep on me in the rocking chair. He made a little happy sigh in his sleep as I layed him down in it and he snuggled in. It sure did the trick. I was sure he'd be awake in 30 minutes, but he didn't wake up until morning!

Knock-knock

Callia has learned how to tell knock-knock jokes. Here are a couple that she made up herself.

Knock-knock.
Who's there?
Peach.
Peach who?
Peach bump.

Knock-knock.
Who's there?
Peach.
Peach who?
Peach in the cow. Ahh! I'm falling!!!

I don't have any guesses as to what they mean, other than that she must not get any of the actual jokes so she thinks none of them make any sense. If she was aiming for something that didn't make any sense, I think she did pretty good.

Sitting up

Thaddeus is doing great sitting up! Today in church I took him into the nursery and sat him down on the floor and he just sat there. He didn't need any help at all. And he sat there for a long time, not just a minute. I kept waiting for him to fall over but he didn't. It seems like this has come out of nowhere. Just a week ago he couldn't sit up on his own for more than a few seconds, and he would just flop over. Yesterday he sat up for a short period of time. I guess he figured out he can do it and he's going for it. I'm so proud!

Little Swinger

Thaddeus is so motivated to sit up that he enjoys doing it even in his swing now, instead of reclining! And no, the swing has not been shrinking. Its a great way to see how much he has been growing.

Deductive Reasoning Applied to Language

Callia used to be pretty good about switching tenses, but lately she has been adding extra syllables. Just now she said "think-ted", instead of thought, and "catch-ted" instead of "caught". Yesterday she said "cauchted" (cawch-ted) for "caught". Very creative. It comes from the same mind that decided a long while back that since "clothes" means more than one piece of clothing, then a single item, such as a shirt, would be a "clo". :) Like when I'm folding one of my shirts she would ask "Mommy is that your clo, or Daddy's?" She really is a smarty, but her assumptions get her in trouble with our disorganized language. Deductive reasoning does not work with English.

I have feet!

Today Thad grabbed his feet and played with them for the first time. I felt so proud of him. :)

We had just gotten home from the pool and Thad was still in his car seat which had been deposited on the living room floor. He was very entertained by those fat little feet. I should have taken a picture but I didn't. I'll have to get one. Oh so cute.

Bright and Beautiful

I am singing a little song to Thaddeus while he swings in his swing and he is smiling so sweetly and bashfully turning his head to the side like its just too much. He is adorable. :)