I’ve started a countdown of my Christmas trip. Not really a countdown, exactly, because I don’t know how many days there are and if I did the math I’d forget by tomorrow so what’s the point in that, really? I guess I just mean I’m really looking forward to it and I’m thinking about it a lot. Every time I hear someone talking about holiday plans, I think about it. People happen to be talking about holiday plans a lot since it’s almost Thanksgiving.
Everyone should be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to talk to Isaac now. It’s full on conversing. Seriously. I can be stuck in some compromising situation where I’m in dire need of a dish towel, a broom, and two cookies, then ask him to go fetch those items and he will say “Okay mama” and fetch them. I haven’t really been in that kind of situation, but you understand it portrays his comprehension level, right? He understands me! And I understand him! He asks real questions that I can give him real answers for and he actually uses his brain to crunch my answers into understanding. He is a real person! Did you guys know babies turned into that? Damn it’s cool!
He was having several bits of what some people call the terrible twos. I just think he was being an asshole. Either way, we had some cussing and discussing of boundaries and why they exist and why you can’t just throw them out the window all willy nilly whenever you please. There were a few rough days and one day I almost had a mental breakdown and was very tempted to ask his daycare teacher if we could just put him in his little cubby for the night. Luckily the really awful days were short lived and the things he FREAKED out about are no longer meltdown issues. I doubt we’re done with the whole phase, but I can hope.
I hope everyone is doing well. We will be in Texas from Dec 16-Jan 5. The first weekend we are there I am planning to be in Austin for 2-4 days. The rest of the time will be at the folks with a small chance of making a run out to Midland for a few days. We will see how things work out. Send me an email or IM or whatever method you choose if you’d like to hang during that trip sometime and it isn’t already planned. <3