I'm not sure if I should write today or not. I've been meaning to catch up on what he's been doing, but it was such a bad morning that I don't want that to overshadow all the neat things he's been doing lately. So I'll be quick on the bad part. Skunk sprayed again. Stunk all night. Toddler grumpy this morning. Ready to leave for daycare, clean happy and dressed nice. Spent next 1/2 hour cleaning up unexpected throw-up from all over the car/toddler/me. Chased aforementioned toddler across the yard several times. Leave again for daycare, semi-clean/not-so-happy/dressed in whatever I could find for us both.

Whew...got that out of the way.

Anyways, Brent has been talking up a storm lately. Here is a translation breakdown for those of you that may be speaking with him soon:

Doggie - "dob-wie"
Kitty-cat - "di-wa"
Please - "ee"
More/Give me that - "mo"
Night Night, Daddy - "ni ni da"

He says some other things pretty clearly, like bye-bye and uh-oh. And I'm sure he is trying other things that I just haven't caught on to yet. He spends quite a lot of time practicing with his voice with different sounds and syllables. I still don't know if it has something to do with his hearing being clearer with no infections, or if it is just time for him to start all this. But it's great! He has a voice like an angel. Now if I can only get him to behave like one more often, I'd have it made!

Actually, he's been pretty good lately. He's still waking up quite a bit at night. I agree with Andy on this one - I just might have to wait until he can tell me what's going on before I understand completely why he is still doing it. It's not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things anyhow (well, for anyone not named Mommy I suppose). I have so much fun playing with him in the evenings and on the weekends that it's worth it.

He is book-obsessed lately! I know we have to go through at least 20 per night. Pretty much by the time we finish eating and reading, it's bedtime. Partly because eating takes much longer than it ever has now that he's mastering utensils. He'll eat very quietly and neatly until he's full, and then he wants nothing but to practice with his plastic spoon and fork with the rest of it. If you threaten to take it away (sometimes it is too gross to watch), then he will eat a few bites to barter some more play time. He's no dummy...

We go back to the doctor on Monday morning for a post-op check, but I think everything is going fine. Hopefully the fact that I spilled most of his eardrops doesn't end up hurting anything. It's not like he really let me get much in his ear to begin with.