I always mean to write and never do. Micah is changing at warp speed these days. He suddenly understands everything we say and also remembers things. It's a pretty crazy combination that I didn't realize wasn't occurring before. For example, Michael suggested going out for pizza tonight and then Micah kept calling out "pizza" every time we started talking about dinner. It's also amazing just how much he knows about what's going on around him. Of course, he knows about phones and picks up the old cellphone I gave him, pushes a whole bunch of buttons, and then walks around the house having some kind of very in depth conversation with Cece and Harper. This morning I mentioned going to the pool today and he went into the other room and picked out a towel for mama and a towel for Micah. I realize that none of this is Earth shattering, but it's also kind of surprising when you see everything click into place for him.
On another note, last weekend we went to Erie for a night and spent a bunch of time on the beach. He almost didn't go in the water at all, he spent the whole time moving sand around from one pile to another, burying toys, pouring water on his sand piles, destroying my sand piles. It was a really good time. It was also an experiment in camping. We rented a "cabin" which was a converted shed that housed two bunk beds and had enough space for a pack n play. Micah did great. He wasn't super excited about going to bed in the cabin, but he did take an hour nap on the day we arrived and slept well overnight the night we were there. I think he especially enjoyed eating outside and watching us do camping things like tending the "fire" (there was never really much of a fire), gathering sticks, washing dishes under the hose faucet, etc. I'm still not sure he can handle a tent without the pack n play but this was a pretty encouraging experience.
One more cute thing to mention before I stop rambling. The other night, Micah woke up in the middle of the night and called out "Water?" Michael asked if I'd heard it and while I had thought it was part of my dream, I did in fact hear it. He was ready to jump out of bed to go get some water for Micah (it's been ridiculously hot here), but I suggested that he might have called out in his sleep. After a couple minutes we heard, "Micah?" "Water?" It was so sad and adorable. Michael went to the bathroom and brought Micah a glass of water. He said that Micah was struggling to stand up when he saw Michael come into the room, but he sat him back down in the crib, handed him the water and Micah drank a few gulps and then pretty much fell face down asleep in the bed. Michael refilled the water and brought a second glass in. He asked Micah, "More please? Or all done?" and Micah said, "All done." And that was that. It was pretty cute.
On another note, last weekend we went to Erie for a night and spent a bunch of time on the beach. He almost didn't go in the water at all, he spent the whole time moving sand around from one pile to another, burying toys, pouring water on his sand piles, destroying my sand piles. It was a really good time. It was also an experiment in camping. We rented a "cabin" which was a converted shed that housed two bunk beds and had enough space for a pack n play. Micah did great. He wasn't super excited about going to bed in the cabin, but he did take an hour nap on the day we arrived and slept well overnight the night we were there. I think he especially enjoyed eating outside and watching us do camping things like tending the "fire" (there was never really much of a fire), gathering sticks, washing dishes under the hose faucet, etc. I'm still not sure he can handle a tent without the pack n play but this was a pretty encouraging experience.
One more cute thing to mention before I stop rambling. The other night, Micah woke up in the middle of the night and called out "Water?" Michael asked if I'd heard it and while I had thought it was part of my dream, I did in fact hear it. He was ready to jump out of bed to go get some water for Micah (it's been ridiculously hot here), but I suggested that he might have called out in his sleep. After a couple minutes we heard, "Micah?" "Water?" It was so sad and adorable. Michael went to the bathroom and brought Micah a glass of water. He said that Micah was struggling to stand up when he saw Michael come into the room, but he sat him back down in the crib, handed him the water and Micah drank a few gulps and then pretty much fell face down asleep in the bed. Michael refilled the water and brought a second glass in. He asked Micah, "More please? Or all done?" and Micah said, "All done." And that was that. It was pretty cute.
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