A fiver

Grady is five months old today. Hard to believe, isn't it? As I write this, he's on the living room floor, on his belly, turning himself in circles. Grady's all about the wild flapping of limbs as a means of locomotion. He's also all about the stuffing things in his mouth. If he's not eating, he's got his fingers or yours in his mouth. Dangle a toy in front of him, and he'll carefully grab it with one hand, bring his other hand to it, and then jam it into his open maw. Hey, it keeps him happy. He also seems intent on learning to sit up sooner rather than later--I think he has grown tired of the view from the floor. Evan's new thing seems to be "I heard you calling me". Rather than getting himself out of bed in the morning, he'll lay there and yell "Mommy!" over and over again until you go to him, at which time he will say, "I heard you calling me". This stems from an incident a few weeks ago when he cried out for me in the night and I went to him, told him I heard him calling me, and then snuggled with him for a few minutes. I guess it helped him realize his power, because everything now has become about yelling for Mommy. I fall for it every time too. I'd say 95% of the time, Ev is just saying my name to say it, but I still insist on answering. It turns into this sick and annoying game of "Mommy!"/"What?!" that can go on forever. It makes me very frazzled, and it irritates Mike because he tells me I should just ignore it and Ev will stop. Maybe that's true, but I can't seem to train myself not to answer, so it continues. Other than that though, Ev seems to be having loads of fun. He loves his routine of school and therapy so much that he asks to do both even on days he has off. His speech has improved so much--he's easier to understand and will self correct a lot of the time too. For example, he says "chicken sink" instead of "kitchen sink", but he'll usually give it a second try if he says it wrong. He also says "compuker" instead of "computer", and "rover" instead of "level". I think we should record some of this goodness to show future girlfriends--it won't be around forever.