Since so many of our friends and family live so far away, I thought I would start a blog about life with Bob. That way I can keep all of you up to date about us and life with Bob. If you have a personalized goggle homepage, you can add a gadget to it that will update you on all the posts I make. Click on the link to subscribe for more information.
As most of you know, Bob has been talking more and more. He started preschool which has helped his vocabulary. His pronunciation has been making gradual improvements as well. He has also started to use pronouns finally - which has been a big accomplishment, although he still has not used "he" or "she" yet. He is using "I" and "me" and "you" - albeit inconsistently, but that is a start.
We had a birthday cake for Jim last night. Bob tried to sing "Happy Birthday" with me. He mumbled most of it, but the melody was right. He helped daddy blow out the candles afterwards. We will probably all be sick since Bob has had a runny nose and I'm sure he spit all over the cake in the process.
We were planning on going to the renaissance festival today for Jim's birthday, but that is not going to happen now. Bob woke up twice last night crying. The second time he felt warm so I checked his temperature - 101.0. I gave him some Motrin and he went back to sleep, but we are not going anywhere today - not with that fever and that snotty nose. Of course he would not go back to sleep without mommy. We have an air mattress that is too small for me, but it was more comfortable than the floor. It is Bob's air mattress, it has a sleeping bag attached to it. I slept on the floor next to Bob. I woke up and tried to go to sleep in my bed shortly after sunrise this AM, but Bob woke up upset shortly thereafter. I wound up lying down on the floor next to him again. Now I am unable to fall back to sleep.
Potty training has been a disaster. Stickers, candy, more stickers, toy cars, more candy, star charts, etc... Nothing has worked so far. He just says "no like it potty" or "wake up in the morning potty" and that is the end of it. We gave up on "big boy" underwear a long time ago. He does not mind being wet or poopy and it was just disgusting and made for lots of laundry. Pull-ups are a lot easier. I started giving Bob the option of wearing a diaper at bedtime if he wants to. I still have a half a Costco sized case of diapers, and he is using the Pull-ups as diapers anyway. I cannot donate them anywhere because it is an open case. Once the diapers are gone, I will only give him the option of wearing pull-ups at bedtime again.
Bob's artwork from both home and at preschool adorns just about every wall here. Just about every piece of artwork is labeled "choo choo train" on the front or the back. There is one that is a sailboat though. I am glad the school teachers label his artwork to tell us what it is. Bob gets so excited when I look at it and say "Oh, look at the choo choo train."
I think this is a good start to a blog. I will try and update it at least weekly, if not more often.
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