Update

We have been a little MIA here for no particular reason. I went through a bit of a dark phase over the weekend -- just missing my friends and living somewhere where I was already established and didn't have to think so hard all the time. Nothing major, just a little dip.

On Friday, we went back to the doctor's office where I learned that Teo STILL has a damn ear infection. The doctor says that if he doesn't get over it with this next round of antibiotics, I should consider tubes. She is worried about him missing out on some language development because he can't hear properly. That didn't scare the bejeesus out of me one bit, I swear.

I don't know. He is on his seven zillionth round of antibiotics (which I hate, btw) and we go back (again) in two weeks for another check. I will make a judgement call then as to whether he should see the ear, nose and throat specialist.

Meanwhile, I am noticing him growing in such interesting ways. He has taken to reading books on his own -- sometimes he sits and tells himself the stories. Other times, he pulls out books, hands them to me, and then crawls into my lap. It is the sweetest thing. He tries every day to stand a little longer on his own two feet. He is signing more and more (albeit sometimes incorrectly) and such a nutjob. Right now, for example, he is holding up my shoe and talking into it.

Work is going ok, the sun is coming out, and things are looking better. Plus, my little man is a complete ham:

Laughing dude from odessa on Vimeo.