Guess What He Did!

If "he" is Josiah, then here's what he did: fell out of bed. I had just checked on him moments before it happened, and I noticed that he was lying fairly close to one side of his bed, but I decided not to try to move him because he hasn't fallen out of bed for ages! I thought his body would sense where the edge was and then self-adjust to keep him on the bed, but no... A few minutes later, we heard a loud crash; and I knew immediately what it was and just felt sick about it, wishing that I had intervened to prevent it. Jeff and I rushed to him; but almost as soon as Jeff picked him up and put him back in bed, Josiah was asleep again and suffered no ill effects from it--in fact, he didn't even remember it had happened when I asked him about it the next day!

If "he" is Shav, then here's what he did: had his first real bath tonight! Since he lost his umbilical cord stump, we can switch from sponge baths to tub baths which is exciting to me. Shav, on the other hand, didn't seem to think too highly of the experience tonight so I didn't prolong the agony but quickly got him out and clothed in a snuggly sleeper. I'm sure baths will grow on him though until he becomes quite a fan of them (especially when he's old enough to romp and play with his big brothers in the tub...but how are we going to fit all four of them in the tub at the same time?) :)

If "he" is David, then here's what he did: eagerly asked me to do school with him, using a new workbook that our friends, the Hiters, gave to him when they brought supper to us last week. I was nursing Shav when David made his request, so I couldn't really do school with him; but I did tell him how to do some pages in his book. Plus, I asked him how to spell "dad," and he responded with "D-A-D"...and then I asked him what 2+4 is, and he said, "6." I love his excitement about school, and I'm looking forward to spending some time focused on him when we officially start our next school year this fall!

If "he" is Jeff, then here's what he did: yesterday morning both Jeff and I were very tired from staying up late the night before. Jeff got up early to have a Greek lesson with our friend David; and after the lesson but before the normal time for our boys to get up, Tobin awoke and fussed in his crib. Jeff was downstairs so I decided to go get Tobin and maybe give Jeff the chance for a little more sleep; but before I got to Tobin's room, Jeff was coming up the steps to get him...and without saying a word but by simply waving his hand, Jeff motioned for me to go back to bed and get the extra sleep. Sleep is a gift these days, and Jeff's act of self-sacrifice made me love him all the more!

When I was beginning to formulate this blog post in my head, the "he" I was thinking of was really Tobin. :) Here is what he did! One historic event was that yesterday, for the very first time, he crawled in the "proper" position: two hands, two knees! He didn't really seem to enjoy it though, and he didn't do it for long before switching back to his customary scoot...but today, he was again experimenting with a crawling position, making me wonder whether he will indeed get skilled at crawling before he begins to walk. I had almost given up on that thought, assuming that he would go straight from scooting to walking; but he surprises me and I don't know what to expect!

The other thing that Tobin did--and I think this is completely adorable--was learning to spin on the Sit-n-Spin all by himself! This happened on Sunday when Jeff had the excellent idea to bring the Sit-n-Spin up to the living room and let the boys have fun with it (it had been sitting around in our library, one of those toys that the boys saw all the time but had gotten tired of so they just ignored it...putting it in a different location made it seem fresh!). When I came downstairs after my nap on Sunday, they were excited for me to see Tobin's big accomplishment. :)

Here is a short video of Tobin that I took yesterday afternoon, showing off his new skill... :)

...and a video from last week, showing off his old skill.

Several people asked me recently, "Have you made a video of Tobin scooting?" because someday it will be so much fun to show Tobin how he used to get around. Well, I had done some short video clips weeks ago; but it was fun to do another one. Even though Tobin's scooting is so vivid to me now, I know my memory of it will grow dim and I'll think, "Now how in the world did he do that?" This way, I'll be able to watch him scoot even when he's 18 and goes off to face the world...or when he's 25 and gets married...or when he's 37 and welcomes his fourth child...or when he's 50 and has some gray hair. We'll always remember that he was our little Scooter. We love you, Scoots!!!