Mr. GQ

I was shuffling through Micah's dresser today and found this shirt and vest in the bottom drawer - it's nearly too small for him now. I dressed him up and couldn't believe how adorable he looked!

Micah Bloopers

Here are some funny things Micah has done over the past couple weeks...

No: On a particular day when Micah had been hearing "no" a lot, he had finally had too much. Auntie Amanda was getting something out of the fridge and Micah tried to squeeze beside her to grab something out of the side door. She said "no." All of a sudden he starts freaking out and stomping across the floor and said, "no, no, No, NO, NO, AHHHHHHHH!" Seems like that little tike was pretty frustrated with hearing that all day long.

Blow drying hair: The other day I was blow drying my hair while Micah was watching (as usual). He started patting his head and bending over, mimicking my motions. He did it at least one other time, though his hair was completely dry...and he didn't have a blow dryer in his hands.

Mirror pose: There's a coat rack with a mirror on it right outside Amanda's bathroom. Micah will generally wait outside the bathroom until Amanda comes out, and then she'll pick him up. They then look in the mirror and Micah does a "pose" with Amanda nearly every time. He'll smile and then lay his head down next to hers, while still watching himself in the mirror.

Nana: Nearly every time Micah says banana - "Nana" - it is accompanied with a shoulder shrug while he holds his palm up and off to the side. Kind of like it's a question or suggestion.

Trash: Micah's really observant and has picked up on so much that we do already. If I say "brush your teeth" he'll run to the bathroom yelling "tzz, tzz." If I say "wash your hands" he'll run to the closet where we keep the fold-up chair that he uses to stand on in front of the sink to wash up. If I say "change your diaper" he'll run to his room. If I say "goodbye" he'll start waving at whomever or whatever is around, in this parade type mechanical looking wave. Sometimes though I don't have to say anything for him to know what to do. If I hand him a piece of paper, he will eventually crumple it up and run to the kitchen, open the cabinet door under the sink, throw it in the trash can, close the cabinet door come back out of the kitchen. Thing is, paper is not always trash...the other day it was a playing card and a coloring sheet from the library. Lisa even said that he picked up a speck or some dog hair upstairs and then ran over to her cabinet under the kitchen sink, yet that is not where her trash can is located, so she had to redirect to the right location to dispose of his speck.

Eye: Micah is fascinated with poking his or someone else's eye and saying "eye, eye" while he does it. The other day while he was taking a bath he picked up one of his bath toys and candidly pointed at this starfish's face and said "eye, eye." He has since named "eyes" on many other things - the characters in his book, his stuffed animals, and even the honey bear bottle. He's always right on...

SuperBowl XLIII

Just like last year, Micah spent SuperBowl with dad and "uncle Luke" (this year we also had g'pa and g'ma Ruth). :-) And to stick with tradition, he of course wore a football shirt, and even PJs, this year.

Prior to kick-off, God gave us a stunning sunset to enjoy


Micah and grandma, emotionally engaged in the game :-)


Micah, arguing with the referee? :-)


The picture I insisted on taking, to match last year's photo (though this year Scott is baby face - he just shaved his facial hair off this weekend for me, but now he's growing it back again) :-)

Fever Boy

I've been MIA this week, due to a very sick little boy. Micah came down with a fever on Monday (fluctuating from 100.7 to 103.7). I was on the phone with nurses on and off all day, and discovered that these were "acceptable" fevers for kids, and he should be fine at home. Just keep pushing liquids and alternate between Motrin and Tylenol for the fever. Bring him in if the fever held for more then 72 hours.

On Thursday morning Micah woke up hot, once again, so I took him in to the Dr. The little guy has an ear infection. So now we're giving him Amoxicillin for the infection, and Motrin/Tylenol for the pain.

I hadn't seen this coming at all (who does?), so my week has been pretty consumed with taking care of Micah over any other "plans" I had. Monday wasn't so bad, he was so mild-mannered and chill, then on Tuesday he was whiney, difficult, fidgety, and so frustrating. I nearly lost it, I myself was starting to feel sick, and poor Scott had to deal with a very grumpy wife that evening. Wednesday morning came too quickly.

As Micah adjusted to another day of feeling lousy and uncomfortable, I tried to have a different mindset, so another Tuesday-type-day wouldn't happen. I picked up our church's Bible reading journal (there's a different chapter to read each day, and a question to follow up with the reading. I really like it! It's neat to know that the people I attend church with are reading the same truth as me each day). Anyway, Wednesday's chapter was 1 Thessalonians 5, with vs 18 highlighted (and a following question):

"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
It may not be easy to give thanks today. But giving thanks when it is hard to give thanks is the perfect time to give thanks because of something inherent about giving thanks: You cannot be negative and be thankful at the same time. What things are you thankful for today?

This is just what I needed. I had lived a completely miserable and negative Tuesday (Scott can vouch for that). Wednesday ended being another "tough" day with Micah, but I felt more composed, and yes, thankful that I was even able to be home with my son. But I will definitely also be thankful when Micah and I are back to being 100% healthy again. :-)