My new bike!

Mom bought me a bike last week and daddy put it together for me a few days ago while I sat in the garage and watched him. Now I ask him every night to put his shoes on and let me ride my bike :) It's so much fun, but I'm still a little too short to actually reach the pedals. I'll get there, though. My helmet is almost bigger than me! But mom wanted me to get used to riding with my helmet on because she wants to get a bike seat for me to ride on her bike when grandpa brings it in a few weeks. It sounds like a lot of fun. I already love going for runs in my stroller with mom and dad, so I'm sure I'll enjoy bike rides too. I've been getting in lots of stroller runs lately. Mom is training for a 10K and dad is training for a half marathon!!! They're crazy, huh?



Whatever stomach bug I got on Saturday lasted until yesterday. Mom had to keep me home on Monday and Tuesday and took me to the doctor on Monday. She said it was probably a virus and to keep me hydrated. Mom's advice to new moms and dads is to find a good pediatrician! She has really gotten to know my doctors well and feels really comfortable with most of them (OK, all but one in the practice and even that hasn't really been an issue). She's even formed a relationship with the nurse who always calls her back - now that the nurse knows me, she and mom get along pretty well. Of course mom gave me lots and lots of diluted juice just to get me to drink fluids. I don't usually get juice (mom tells me it has too much sugar in it - what fun is she???), but now I'm asking for it all the time and mom just gives me water, harumph. After eating not much other than applesauce for 3-4 days, I finally ate a good dinner tonight. Mom made pasta with peas and tuna and I picked out all the peas first, then the tuna, then ate the pasta. Not too bad, but I kept calling the peas green beans.

Mom tried to work while she was home with me on Monday and Tuesday and every time she talked on the phone, I said "hi grandpa." Too cute. Mom ended up moving my table and stool from the kitchen to the dining room so I could play with my play-doh and draw with markers while she worked. I did *really* well and mom kept telling me how proud she was of me :)

I've also started using the potty a lot more!!! I almost always tell mom *after* the fact that I need a new diaper, but I've started telling her that I want to go in the potty before hand! The downside to this is that sometimes I wake mom up several times a night and ask for a clean diaper. She's gotten pretty good at changing diapers in the dark and going back to sleep quickly. I think it helps that we use cloth diapers at home, so I can tell when I'm wet and I don't like it. I'm sure it will still be a while until I am out of diapers, but mom can hope, right?

What else is new??? Mom and dad are going out for their anniversary on Saturday night. Can you believe it's been 6 years already? They tell me that they first started dating 14 years ago! That's a long time! They got tickets to a Reduced Shakespeare show at the Kennedy Center and Ms. Sharon is going to come stay with me :) I'm so excited to see her - I miss her from the infant room at school!!!

Hope everyone is staying cool. At least the heat has broken for a little while at least. Happy long weekend :)