Need to CATCH UP!

Sorry it's been a few weeks since I last blogged.  Needless to say, it's been a crazy 2 weeks!   E came down with an ear infection last Monday and has not been himself for the past week.  I initially thought it was because he was teething (he grew 3 more teeth in less than 2 weeks).  So the ear infection really tied us up while we were trying to get him better for his 1st birthday party this past weekend, had an open house, took the dog to the vet, and so on and so on...I was afraid there was going to be a time where life was going to get in the way and I was not going to keep up with this...however, it's only been two weeks and I will surely catch you all up...no worries :)

Over the course of the past weeks, E still loves taking things in and out of containers, sitting on one knee, dances to music/beat, finding my belly button (still working on him finding his), crawling every where and tumbling over anything he can, pointing to things if he sees something familiar/wants something.   In addition to his old behaviors, he has learned quite a few new ones...he gives open mouth slobbery kisses and doesn't seem to care whether they are on your mouth, on your cheek, or on your pant.  He just likes to give them :0)  He also gives kisses to Dex.  He'll crawl up to Dex and dive his head right into him with an open mouth (wonder how much fur he has been eating...lol...It's pretty funny to watch.  Dex just moves his body away from E as fast as he can and looks at him like what are you doing to me?  E also has added a word and sign to his vocabulary.  He says Elmo and signs 'all done'.  His sign for 'more' is very clear now and no longer looks like he's clapping.  He's grown 3 new teeth in a matter of a week and a half.  Two top and one bottom.  He now has a total of 7 teeth.

Wednesday was supposed to be E's first Gymboree Play and Learn class but he was sick with an ear infection so we didn't go.   We did run some errands and relaxed at home.   All E wanted to do was cuddle and lay on my chest.  He had no energy to play and a fever of 104.3 which was at it's highest and the lowest was at 102.8.  Luckily he still ate.   The pediatrician put him on an antibiotic and he is much better.  Unfortunately he's in a "mommy hold me" period and it's really starting to wear on me.  At first I thought it was because he still wasn't feeling well but now I believe it's a manipulative behavior.   For instance, E whines, I pick him up, he stops whining.  Today I wanted to see if it was him manipulating the situation and low and behold it was.   E was whining, I ignored him, after 30 seconds or so he crawled away from me and played, came back whining about 5 minutes later, whined while holding onto my legs for 30 seconds, crawled away and played.    I hope this passes soon :)   Looking forward to a fun active packed week (as always)... house showing, pilates, Oscar's,  hair cut, birthday party tomorrow, baby swap, Gymboree, Family Grounds, Gymboree, and a 1st birthday party on Sunday...phew.