True love

A very generous new friend of ours who follows this blog, recently sent Elijah some really thoughtful birthday gifts in the mail. She gave him some very nice clothes and two toy trucks. His birthday isn't until Friday, but we let him open one of the trucks last night. Some sort of magic transpired the moment Elijah laid eyes on this thing. He was instantly IN LOVE. It's a truck that transports cars, so it has a ramp that opens up in two spots. It also came with three little cars that fit on top and inside of the transporter. With all those wheels and with the ramps acting as doors that can be opened and closed repeatedly, he was just in heaven last night. He even ignored Sid the Science Kid to play with it.



I knew there would be a scene at bedtime because I don't let Elijah take toys into bed with him because he won't sleep. When I told him it was time for bed, he scooped up one of the little cars discreetly and held it to his side like maybe I wouldn't see it. I tried to make a game of it and told him to put it inside of the transporter. He did it willingly, but then scooped it right back out and held it very tightly to his chest. I finally just had to take it from him and put it away, and of course he cried gigantic tears. Minutes later, well into Book #2, in a different room on a different floor of our house, he was still sporadically crying for his little car. He would be ok for a minute and then he would remember and let out a whiny, sad little cry. Mama is so mean!



Dan was home with him today and he said he thought Elijah might need rehab for his new addiction. It's fun to see him enjoying something so much. Thank you so much, Cecilia! You have been very generous with your gifts and as you can tell, you sent the perfect things. I'm excited to see how much he will love the other truck you sent to him!


We've been working on eating with a spoon and he is doing pretty well. Wow, things get messy, but that's ok...


Major slumping after standing for a while


Yummy Valentine cookie

Elijah's gross motor progress report.. He climbed a stair all by himself! We didn't see it happen. Dan was half way up the stairs and I was in the living room when I looked over and saw him playing in a kneeling position one stair up from the floor. He has accomplished one significant feat every week for the past couple months, so we're still on a roll. Our amazing kid!

His cough is pretty icky still. I just hate that every time he gets sick it lingers in his lungs like this. There is never anything to do except lots of nebs and patience, so that's what we are doing!