Ivo: 2-1/4 and street-legal

Yeaterday, Saturday, Ivo, Burl, Gail and I went to Rayne's in Chung Hua. Both boys mostly slept in the car - both ways, which eliminated - at least for one day - Ivo's nap struggles.

Only Rayne and Olivia were home - which was perfect for Ivo and Olivia. They played together and mostly cooperated. Ivo ate his first yogurt cup, had crackers and cheese and apple juice. He was pleased and felt like a big boy. The kids colored, play-doughed, toy-roomed...










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Rayne handed-us-down an excellent toddler car seat. It's flashy, comfy, lower, safer -than-our-last-one... and much more super-hero-ish!


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Burl and I love using the Baby Bjorn carrier - so much more support and protection when we're out. Due to his 6 big mosquito bites,, we're trying to keep a hat on Burl - especially while we're sleeping. It seems to be working - I don't see any new bites from last night. Also, the hat he's wearing was way too big for Burl when we came home from the hospital - and now it's just right. He's growing so fast! Over the past couple days, Burl's been sleeping for longer stints w/o eating. He can go 2 hours - maybe more - then be up and eat and look around/play for an hour or so, then sleep. He's still having some gas trouble but only a couple times/day - not after every feeding. also he can sweat now and his eyelashes are getting long. When he cries, Ivo says, "It's ok Baby Burl."
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We met Ryan at Fridays for dinner. Ryan had been out looking at laptops. We all had a great dinner and for the first time, Ivo didn't run all over the restaurant. He sat on Ryan's lap and stood in the high-chair. This is a momentous occasion! Maybe he knew it was his 2-1/4 birthday. Ivo can sing and hum the happy bday song - very cute!
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Saturday was the first day since dear little Burl arrived that I didn't feel like this whole thing might have been a big mistake. It reminded me of how good it felt to wake up without immediately counting the hours til night's return.

Ivo was happy, not screaming or shouting "NO!" incessantly - not angry. He had a little trouble settling down for sleep. Ryan told me that Ivo said over and over "Want Baby Burl run away." Poor guy - but doing better. ("Run away" means leave. "Hide" is used for is/are when prepositions like behind or under are required - "Buzz hiding the table" = Buzz is under the table.)


All pics from yesterday - except Baby Burl-Roo from early this AM.