Spy Wednesday, 2008

Well here we are, recovering from nasal infections, starting to swelter during the noon hours... life is life.

Today's blog is a movie!

A few days ago Gosia made grilled cheese for breakfast and tried feeding some to Calvin and he started actually chewing on it. This is a very big deal, since he needs to learn to make the leap from sucking (which is amazing that he has anyway) to chewing.

For some reason that escapes me, speech therapy is still in it's infancy here, so Gosia does pretty much everything on her own based on what she's read and learned from our speech therapist back in NYC. He gets electric stimulation therapy at the hospital each week along his throat to stimulate his muscles, which he's been taking well.

But he's teething again, molars this time, so every thing's on hold... But last time he teethed, he was to the hospital by this time for mild dehydration due to vomiting, so this time around he's taking it much better. And the sweet potato truck is right across the street... he loves sweet potatoes which is good because they're pretty much the healthiest food on the planet... so, so far not too terrible.

He's getting himself more and more up into the prone position. He'll willingly get on his tummy and hold his torso up, supported with his arms. You know, like babies do... How do you describe such things? I'm no good at the technical names. Gosia's the walking repository of brain and muscle knowledge. She's pretty amazing with all this stuff.

But, if he gets up against a wall, he can push himself off and away now. He doesn't just get frustrated.

And he's trying more and more to converse with us. When you talk to him, he'll answer back in Calvinese. His sounds are becoming more and more complex, and he plays with sounds he can make. So, we just keep talking to him... He's getting more emotionally complex, too. he knows when he's in trouble for shoulder biting when being held, and doesn't like it at all. He gets excited when I get home from work and hears my voice... he misses people when he hasn't heard them from a while.

When he gets left home with me and his crazy siblings, he's overjoyed to hear the sound of Gosia's voice when she gets back...

Anyway, that about wraps it up for today...

I'm doing a Holy Week Post-a-thon this week, so there'll be posts every day between now and Easter Sunday. Exciting stuff such as:

The Trip to the Doctors!
Rhiannon Getting Milk out of the Refrigerator!
and Out and About in the Spring!

Some people only take pictures of special events and pristine moments, no, not me...
Have rechargeable batteries, will travel.