Insomnia

Well, this is proof that insomnia can lead to anything. Far too many ideas are running around in my head to allow room for sleep. I blame the tiny bacteria invading my lungs. That's right. I've been sick for over a week now, and I can't wait for my immune system to kick in and kick all the bacteria out!

So let's talk a moment about my favorite subject -- Dylan! This kiddo is pretty hilarious, I'll tell you what. This week he added "roll it" to his list of tricks. You know -- "Roll it, and roll it, and mark it with a D, and toss it in the over for Dylan and me!" Now we've got the clapping and rolling it down, the game is a lot more fun to play.

I love watching Dylan's eyes as he figures out he's doing something we either like or dislike. He doesn't really care which emotion he's evoking. He mostly cares that there is a response and that he is the reason for that response. Talk about excitement. So far, the best positive response he's gotten out of me came when he started saying "Mommomomomomom." I think he's still working on figuring out that I'm the Mom, but he definitely knows that Mom means something, and that it's probably something good.

The struggle to walk continues, but every other kind of movement he has down like a pro. Well, except for standing up without something to pull up on. But in all other respects, he's a mover and a shaker. I'm pretty amazed at how quickly he can get around the room. When Dan comes home at the end of the day, everything we're doing stops as he high tails it to the top of the stairs where he knows Dad will soon appear. It's pretty awesome to watch.

I suppose I ought to throw a few picture in here to demonstrate some of the many faces of Dylan. We tried and tried to get a picture of his super sad face, but this is the best we got:



It's unbelievable how far he can stick out that bottom lip. This picture only captures about 25% of the full impact! It just keeps coming farther and farther out!

One of the most frustrating things about the month of November, aside from my horrible fight against illness, is my lack o'camera. There's nothing quite so frustrating as having an adorable child and no ability to take pictures of him. The only thing that makes that worse is realizing it's your own darn fault since you must have misplaced the camera somewhere. Grr! I can find the camera case, but no camera, despite several serious attempts to tear our apartment apart. So these picture are courtesy of October.

I intend to end this bizarre blog entry with a few additional representations of our October. Hope you enjoy them. Of course, it I can't figure out how to add more than one image, maybe you'll be stuck with just the Sadface Dylan picture. Let's try this one more time.

Well, I guess I lose. I suppose that's what comes of only blogging on the rare occasions that boredom or insomia strike heavily. Maybe someday I'll actually figure out how to use all this programming. I can't help but feel that it's much simpler than I think it is, either that, or I'm a lot dumber than I think I am. Hmm . . . my Bejeweled Blitz scores would seem to support the latter. I see all these elaborately decorated friends' blogs and wonder, "Now why can't that be me?" Then I remember, I'm just not quite that cool, and I'm pretty okay with that. Good night!