Quick update

My grandfather passed away last week. The mama Ali and I went to NY to attend the funeral, but we left the baby behind. I'm not paying for his own seat and he's too active for a lap in coach. Just a few observations and then I'll move on.

1. I happened to wearing the same color suit as my grandfather. That was weird.
2. The driver of the hearse took the HOV lane to the burial. He may have been following the letter of the law about 2 people, but he wasn't following the spirit of the law.
3. According to the thermometer it was about 35 degrees at the burial. Apparently 35 degrees in NY is colder than 35 degrees in FL.
4. I grew up in NY. Apparently they wanted to remind me of my childhood because several of the bridges had not been maintained in anyway since my childhood. It appeared that the whitestone bridge was still standing only by force of habit and the strength of rust.

The baby spent the time with my in laws. I really appreciate my in laws. Jordan can pretty much out run them and their doorknobs are latches, so he can go into any room he wants. They sound like they tell Jordan to stay out of the bathroom, but sometimes it sounds more like a request. Plus, he's doing something new now that he didn't do before. He's starting to climb. Yesterday he kept himself happy by knocking over his stroller and climbing into it. He also climbs up on people when he wants the lap. We are working on getting him to stop, but it's a process.

He went to the doctor's office on Thursday. He had a lot of earwax in the ear that was previously infected. A year ago I didn't know that cotton swabs were a bad idea, but now we know. We used a solution that breaks up the wax so he's better, but the pediatrician refferred us to a specialist. Other than that however, we don't have any doctors visits scheduled until after his birthday in July!

TV Turner

That thing that he did was the first time he did it. It was cute for the first 24 hours. He has also taken an interest in the remote controls. He isn't just fascinated with the buttons, but he has learned to point it at the TV which results in weird things happening. The TV flashes to different channels, changes volume, and gets his parents to yell and run around after him. That means it's time for discipline, but that is less effective than it used to be. Discipline usually involves putting him in his playpen in a room alone. It used to work really well, but no longer. He used to holler, scream, and he once threw up. Now he whines. We don't want to start hitting him yet, but he's too young to understand scolding and sending him to his room would be not only ineffective, but potentially dangerous at his age.

Have you ever seen the cartoons when the characters start running but they don't actually move anywhere for a few seconds and their feet just spin around? Yeah, my son does that spinning thing. He can't run forward yet, but he can run in place with the best of them. I don't want to create the wrong impression. I don't want him to run yet. I don't need him to run until kindergarten at the earliest. He walks as fast as I mosey. He can already outrun most of his grandparents indoors. The playground is a different story. He is an only child. Because he has wonderful grandparents he doesn't go to daycare. He's never had a playdate. He can't run or climb or talk. When I take him to the playground he looks at other kids like they are wild animals that need to be observed. He doesn't know how to be a kid yet so he just looks at kids but he doesn't care to play with them. I tell him to go closer, but he won't let me go further than 2 feet away. I take him over to the jungle gym to watch, but he won't let me back away more than 1 step. I know he isn't a seven year old ready to be on his own, but I wish the playground was as fun for him as grandma's house is.