Oh, where to begin...

Okay, I guess the milestones should be first. About a week and a half ago Michael pooped in his toilet before bath...that was pretty cool. He's been using it for potty for months, and sometimes tries for poop, but this was his first success. We got some pull-up diapers just in case, I'm sure it'll still be a couple months but as soon as he's telling us he needs to use the toilet we'll be potty training.

 Yesterday morning we heard Michael over the monitor for a minute, but he got quiet just before we got up to get him.
I'm drifting off to sleep and Rachel says, "he's either fallen back asleep or is getting into trouble..." And we're both thinking about him getting his diaper off and making a mess but it's been a while so we both just drift a bit hoping he went back to sleep.
Not one minute later Michael walks into our room... He's not supposed to be able to get out of his crib, what are we supposed to do now?!?! He's not old enough for freedom! So we had to convert him to his toddler bed and make his room safe for total freedom. Baby proofing is way different than toddler-freedom proofing. We were pretty worried he wouldn't sleep but he actually took to it pretty well last night so maybe it won't be so bad. I did hear him playing with the closet doors and walking around at about 1am but that has to be expected I suppose.

 Several months ago (I wrote it down in a note but never got it into the blog) Michael pulled an electrical cover off an outlet while Rachel was brushing her teeth and it was difficult not to be entertained as Rachel scolded him very sternly with a toothbrush in her mouth.

 Michael's word count has gone insane. At least a month ago he started really trying to copy words back to you if you asked him to say something and now he pulls out all kinds of words. He's still too fidgety to want to read much but that seems to be changing a little.

 Last weekend Michael had what I would consider his first real cold. He had a fever that got up to 101.5 and was just generally icky feeling. Grandpa P came over and helped snuggle him because the one awesome part of him being sick is that he just wants to cuddle up and be held which is something we rarely get otherwise.



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