I Miss His Smile

My sweet little guy is sick and I miss his happy face. I got a smidgen of a smile out a while ago, but it didn't last long. I've heard the tummy bug is making its rounds - so guess it doesn't surprise me that we got it. One of the worst parts is when he is begging for food that I'm not sure he can keep down. I hate telling him 'no' when I know he is so empty. Thankfully, neither Kelly nor I have gotten it so we are still able to hold Blake and do whatever he wants...which isn't much. On the flip side, Blake is so cuddly when he is sick - I get to snuggle with him like I never do when he's feeling good.

We are so thankful for how healthy or son has been. This is only his 3rd time to ever have the "frow up" stuff - also known as the "icky spit". 3 times in three years - that's pretty remarkable. He threw up early Thursday and then just had diarrhea the rest of the day. We thought it had gone away until about 1:15 a.m. Sunday morning when the frow ups returned. He laid in my arms from 1:15 until 4:45 on Sunday morning, went down to bed for 30 minutes before the mother of all diarrhea diapers - and I promise I won't go into details...you've probably already read more than you want to!

So, I'm ready for his sweet, silly smile to come back. I love the cuddling, but I'm ready for my little guy to be back to his old sweet self. I've heard that several Altamesa kids - Shelby C., Simon B., and apparently many others according to JenniPoo have also had this junk. Here's praying that this doesn't spread any further.

May your family be well and happy and may you get to cuddle with your babies when they are feeling great...even if your babies are grown up!

OH MY WORD!

I cannot believe I have gone so long without posting. I miss it! It's very therapeutic for me to talk about myself....HA! That sounds sort of pitiful! Actually...all of you know that I really don't talk about myself...I talk about the Prince of the Morrison household!

Here are a couple of things he said today that cracked me up.

He picked up a little airplane that looks like an American plane and announced to me:

"I'm going to Boise, Idaho for some potatoes!"

Today we were at Mardel's looking around. I went down the aisle that had the small 2 x 2 posters that teachers put up. I saw one with the periodic table of elements on it and pulled it out. Blake said to me "oooooooooooooh...I want THAT one". I showed him where Carbon was and Oxygen was and told him if you take one part of Carbon and put it with 2 parts of Oxygen, you can get Carbon Dioxide. (He knows about carbon dioxide because he knows what makes the bubbles in his Sprite.) I think I may be turning my kid into a MAJOR GEEK! He was really disappointed when I didn't buy him the chart.

Then I was changing his diaper (yes...he's almost 3 and potty training isn't a big deal in our family!) and I told him to be careful about his cup of water because it is one that leaks. He told me it had leaked in his bed. I said "yes, the water did leak on your bed" and he said "well, actually, it was diesel fuel that leaked." Do little girls talk about diesel fuel as much as we do in our house?

I'm really proud of my kiddo. He's really catching on to the whole phonics thing and is learning the whole sounds that the "-at" words make. Some of it, I am sure, is just repeating back for memory, but sometimes he will sound out the letters and I realize he is beginning to catch on to reading. I know we have many miles to go - but I love it that he understands the sounds the letters make and can sound out letters.

One more brag and then I'll quit...for now...

Blake can do his United States puzzle like a champ. He mastered it about a month ago - can do all 50 states and name the states without help from me. The only place he needs help is on the tiny little Delaware/Maryland/New Jersey states that are all on one piece. Of course, I have trouble with those too. And he can name 15 capitals without my help. On the ones he can't remember on his own, I can usually start by saying "The capital of Maryland is Anna..." and he can finish it with "polis"....so he just needs a little start on the other 35. What a memory this kid has. I bought him a puzzle of the world today and we also studied a globe today so he could begin to get that concept down. He looked really confused when I was showing him the globe and how the earth rotates. I guess it still amazes and confuses me too!

OK - enough for now.

Hope everyone is doing well and having a great summer. Though I sometimes feel sad about how fast he is growing, I celebrate the miracle of his physical and mental growth and cannot wait to see all the great things God has in store for him.