Miscellaneous stuff

Tonight we had leftover birthday cake. Bob was really upset when Jim started cutting into it. We finally figured out what he was upset about. We re-lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday to daddy again. Then he was happy. But, we couldn't cut his piece of cake with the same knife we used to cut our piece of cake because the knife was dirty. We had to get a clean knife to cut Bob's piece of cake. He does that a lot. If you put his spoon in his bowl, he takes it out of the bowl, looks at it, calls it "dirty" and we have to get him a new one. He has to be the one to put the spoon in the bowl first or else it is dirty. It is really annoying sometimes.

Bob still has a runny nose, and his fever topped out at 102.3 last night, but it has been low grade today. Bob decided that he wanted one of the cars we bought him for when he goes on the potty. So he used the potty to get the car - once. The other prizes, cars, stickers, candy, movies, etc... we have I guess are not good enough for him.

We Just got an appointment for Bob to see a developmental pediatrician. She is the best one in the state. Unfortunately the appointment won't be until November 20th. That was the next available appointment.

Bob has his first appointment with a dentist on Tuesday. I will see how he is doing tomorrow. I may cancel. Up until about four or five months ago when I bought Bob an electric (Cars) toothbrush, it took both Jim and I together to hold Bob down and brush his teeth - with Bob screaming like we were killing him the whole time. He does not like it when other people touch his mouth. I worry about him and the dentist. If he is sick, he is going to be able to handle the situation that much less - which means he will probably scream that much more.
We are going to try and grow tomatoes on the patio. We bought extra large pots and plants that are designed for growing in containers. We also bought the soil that has the crystals that retain water in it (we couldn't find the crystals by themselves). I figure that would work better with the dry, hot heat we have here. Our patio only gets sunlight in the morning. In the afternoon, when the heat is really bad, it will be shaded. But, the heat will dry out the pot quickly. That is why I thought it would be a good idea to get the crystals. I hope we get tomatoes. Bob does not eat tomatoes here like he did in California because we cannot get fresh ones like we did at the farmer's markets. When we bought the tomatoes at the farmer's markets, we usually had to hide them from Bob because he would want to eat them right away - something we don't want him to do until they are washed. Even when Bob was still a baby in New York, we would walk through the garden and he would insist on eating the tomatoes off of the vine. He would get angry if you did not give him a tomato.
Have a good night all!!!