Adah dah dah

This is Grady's anthem these days, long strings of "adah dah dah" with some screeching thrown in for good measure. I pity those who call me on the phone. But it is terribly cute, and he's just so pleased with himself, so I'm loving it too.

G's also pleased with his newfound abilities to crawl properly (at least for short distances, until he goes back to his commando crawl) and to get himself into a sitting position all on his own. I turned my back for a minute yesterday while G was on his belly, and suddenly he was sitting up and laughing. He learns these tricks far too quickly. If he had his way, he'd be cruising on furniture full-time, but I can't have that. He's still too unsteady, and I'm not about to risk a head wound. All this at just 7 months, what's next?

In Evan land, we're trying a new system to limit his screen time. With Ev's love for all things computer and video, and our being stuck in the house for the winter, it's easy for his viewing time to get out of hand. So now he gets a set amount of time per day, and a kitchen timer sees that we stick to it. Ev knows that once the bell rings, his time is up, and once he gets three check marks, he's done for the day.

This started yesterday, and it's going better than I thought it would. Evan didn't whine or complain for more time, and he even helped me set the timer for him. Unfortunately, he used up all his "credits" by 10 am, so the afternoon seemed long to him (and me too, honestly). But we played a lot of Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders, and played with his baby doll for a while, so it was okay. I'm sure today will be even better because he's been at school this morning, and we have some fun activities planned for the afternoon too.

Now the bus is outside and beeping the horn, and my time as a mother of one is up for today. And so is my computer time--I think I need to get a little buzzer for me as well!