Fear

So far, Keller has expressed fear in only two things:

1. His shadow--There's a wall in his room where every night his shadow appears and the first he noticed it he turned as fast as can be with a look of horror on his face and burst into tears. I tried that night to "wave" at the shadow and say hello but he wasn't having it. The shadow was not cool to be in his bedroom. Now that a month has gone by and he's a big boy, he will notice his shadow in various places and wave at it and say, "Hi!" Very cute. Fear number one conquered.

2. The printer--yes, very scary!! The other day I was in the kitchen with the computer on the table and Keller was wondering around. He went into the living room which was dark and I happened to print something from the kitchen (printer is in living room) and all of the sudden Keller screams and comes running back to the kitchen, again with fear on his cutie little face. I picked him up and went into the living room to see what was going on and the only thing unusual was the noise from the printer. As we got closer he got more upset and was pointing at it. Of course I explained that I told the machine to make those papers and it was okay and all that stuff. Well again tonight I was sitting on the couch and printed something and he was standing on the floor in front of me and as soon as he heard the printer he said "up, up, up, skeddy (scary)" as he pointed toward the scary printer. What an unusual fear, but I'm sure he'll be over this one soon enough too:)

Sick

...again...of course I blame it on me and Keller's recent trip to Playtime Village where that goobery-nosed kid was playing in the kitchen area with us, and which is why I have avoided those germ-centers for so long, but alas, we had a fun time and I loved watching him run around and climb and slide with his buddy Joe (no pictures...the camera is all better now, we just swapped lenses but I'm just not good at bringing it anywhere with me). So he started in with a cough and a bit of a runny nose, then came my turn. Stuffed-up-open-mouth-breathing sucks!! So I've been hitting the Neti Pot again and sleeping horribly, but such is life. Hopefully it will run it's course quickly and won't become the sinus infection I ended up with in the fall...(although it's feeling quite similar:( Keller is fine, a little runny but fine. As I type, he is in BoBo's crate, lounging on top of him...quite amusing. That crate is like his respite from the rest of the world going on around him. Perhaps I should give it a try!

("weeeee" Keller says as he sits on top of Bo and slides down his side....nutty little boy!)

Naked Baby

So Keller has been hanging out naked again for much of the day. The poor kid has a red red heiny again (and it's NOT from dairy this time because he hasn't had any...hmmm...) He's been pooping a lot (although he always seems to so that's not new) but maybe it's because it's the diarrhea kind:( Poor kid and now poor me for having to clean up his pee and poo all day! Bleh! Good thing I finally purchased my new steam mop which I christened yesterday. And looks like after all of today's action I'll be using it tomorrow, too! What are your secret tricks for clearing up diaper rash besides the al fresco thing???

Also in the news...Keller finally moved into his big boy carseat. He probably had less than an inch to go in his bucket seat and the big Britax box in the basement was taking up too much room;) and so he moved into the new one, facing front and now talking my ear off in the car repeating everything he sees, over and over, and over again! "Car, car, car, car, car" "sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny..." "light, light, light, light, light..." You get the idea:) The old seat is now all shined up, cover washed, straps lowered and in the attic for the next few months before we'll need it again:)

And the house...has a sign out front and we're working on a "postlets" listing which will automatically post our home on a bunch of sites that advertise For Sale By Owner houses. The house next door didn't end up selling and is back on the market like a new listing and people have been coming by to see it so Trav thought we should take advantage of that already existing traffic. Hey if we can sell without having to pay commission, that would be ideal, but we'll see how things go. My "listing agent" (ie. Mom) has been guiding me through and once we've tried the By Owner thing for a little bit then we'll list through her. SO, if you know anyone in the area looking to take advantage of the First Time Buyers $8000 credit by the end of April, send them our way! It's been a great little house to us and I love it love it love it, but it's time to let her go:( So that is a big project that's been keeping us pretty busy around here, cleaning, organizing, and cleaning some more. Last night we went to bed with a big pile of junk at the curb from cleaning out the basement and Trav said, "I feel like a kid on Christmas because I can't wait to wake up in the morning and see what the garbage men take (and leave)." And, they took it all (except the queen mattress which we didn't expect them to take). And on Monday, the broken washing machine and dented metal file cabinet were politely removed from the curb which was great because it saved Trav from lifting that big heavy thing again and getting it to the dump. Good stuff!

And so I'll try to put Keller down for a late nap (he took a catnap earlier today) and squeeze in a nap for myself...been sleeping horribly lately--boo!