Jockey has been sick and it's been hard to get the time to post. He has a fever and a terrible cough and congestion. It started Tuesday night and is still persisting. I have to constantly keep him current on a cough medication dosage. It is hard to see someone so little feel so awful. It's also hard to tell what is bothering him the most since he doesn't talk when I ask. I think he is over the very worst point, but still he's got it. I know that time and sleep are the biggest things that can be done to get better. He is having troubles sleeping though; never longer than 30 minutes for a nap... and just a unrestful night for him;he's still not sleeping through the night in general. But like I said, time, just a little bit more to get feeling a little better, then I'll tackle the not sleeping through the night.
Caleb is getting a little jealous. I've been trying to correct the balance (or previously out of balance) of equal time for each child. And now Caleb's jealously is coming out. He is trying every trick in the book to get additional attention. He is letting more owies happen, he is whinning more about ity-bity bumps or such, he is fake crying, he is trying to push Joshy off my lap, trying to act helpless like a baby so that I have to do more for him. He really is clever if you think about how much observation and mimicking skills it takes to modify is behaviour to achieve his goals of more attention. So while I'm not happy and often extremely worn out with the jealous behaviour, I have to appreciate my blessed son's intelligence.
On the other side of the coin, Caleb has become very helpful and loving to Jockey. Although his attempts to help are often a little rough on the little guy. Caleb trys to pick him up, something I'm not so thrilled about. But Caleb also tells me when Josh is getting into things that he shouldn't. And if I ask Caleb to roll Josh away from something he does. A big helper. And then at night he frequently asks to kiss Joshy good night. More often than I can count, Caleb has offered his shirt to Josh or put the pacifier in Josh's mouth when the little guy has been upset. Such kindness and compassion, and in such quantities for a 3 yr old...
Caleb is still his silly self too. Today, instead of the "love list", he used the same list of people and told me that they used the potty for several functions. Uncle Jeff and AuntD were in the list of people this morning.
Another big thing this week: CALEB GOT HIS FIRST BIKE! It is technically for his birthday, but we are going away next weekend camping to Toppenish, and Papa Dahl thought that the paved track and the hope of good weather would be the perfect place to take Caleb for a nice "long" ride. The track is long, but at any point you can call it quits and you're not that far from your site. So anyways, he has a red, black and a littel white bike. It looks very cool, but most of all sturdy. I drove up to see him riding on it for the first time, and he looked so cute and like a grown up boy with his helmet on and such. He is still small in stature, but the flash of him all decked out in his gear made me see him as a 5 yr old, and it was cute, happy, and a little sad all at one moment. Time really does fly and I try to enjoy each phase for it's good points, often in spite of the not so good points. But there he was, next to his bike. I was told that he was unsure how to get on it at first, but the by the time I saw him an hour later, he was on it and on a slight downhill slope he was conquering pedalling, braking and turning. All be it, sometimes all three of those at one time! He really is getting more and more confidence and picking up this new skill/hobby with speed. And if in doubt, he boldly runs into the grass where he comes to a stop naturally. It is so nice to see him have something new in his life, and a bike in the spring and burdeoning summer is the perfect time. This bike is so great and safe that I hope for many many walks where Jockey is in the stroller and Caleb is keeping up by the power of the pedal... all the way to Fryelands Blvd park.
Thank you Papa Dahl and Grammy for the early birthday Bike for Caleb. And see you in Toppenish.
We went to Papa Bill and Judy's house again on Wednesday night for dinner. AuntD and Uncle Jeff were there this time. Caleb enjoyed playing with the dogs again, that is until they went into hiding. We weren't even in the car yet to leave when they reappeared and were looking out the window. Caleb also enjoyed playing with the balloon and cars with Uncle Jeff. Caleb finally ate something too. Papa Bill (he's learning) had gone out and got Caleb a cheeseburger; of course it took 2 hours for Caleb to finish it with all the other activity going on. But the last bites were finished with the bribe of ice cream. We also looked at old family photos. It was interesting to see all the places that we had gone when we were little.
The other point of interest. The litter of pups that Mike has been expecting has been born. April 20th to be exact. There was only one male in the small litter of three. He is not the brindle we think we wanted, but we'll see as time goes by if his rich red/fawn color is just as appealing.
Caleb kept trying to say this one for you, this one for me.... No no Caleb just one. Just one for the family. "Ours" is the one with the orange ribbon.
So that's all the news so far, since the last post. I hope to have more silly Caleb tales too.
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