Today the mic one crawled to the couch and, after working a bit, stood up. He pulled himself up and did just fine. He is 7mo old and thinks he is really big. He pretty much wants to skip every step in his progression. As soon as he rolled to one side, he wanted to crawl. As soon as he started to crawl, he got bored with that and he wants to stand and walk. He has been standing with our support for a while. He is ababetter. Cute and lovely.
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So… I get a call from Heidi, I –of course– am studying, and she is very sad. She was crying and telling me that she could not talk. I kept asking her what was wrong, and she could not tell me. I thought one of the babetters got hurt. I said I will be home in a sec. It took me like 10 minutes to get from the library home on my bike. I came as fast as the wind. I come in expecting the worse, and I was relieved to find out that the babetters were safe. Heidi, on the other hand had had some sort of a work related yawning accident where her jaw got stuck open out of its socket. She was in a lot of pain and couldn’t talk or even swallow.
This is what she typed to me because she could not talk:
“My jaw popped out, but now it won’t close. It’s going to break.
I just yawned, like I sometimes do, but it didn’t go back in. it usually pops back in”
It was quite the sight. Heidi could not close her mouth… she looked sad. I took her to the InstaCare and after the obligatory pay or you won’t even see the doctor and two hours of work on her jaw she was fine.
Here are the pictures of the scary event.
My jaw popped out, but now it won’t close. It’s going to break.
I just yawned, like I sometimes do, but it didn’t go back in. it usually pops back in
The scary part
The fun part
The joyous return to normality.
Yesterday we decided to take out eating outside. We went right in front of our apartment building. Daddy grilled some wonderful tritip steaks and cooked some potatoes in a pan with garlic, onions, jalapenos, and a bit of paprika. For desert we had watermelon. We laid an enormous blanket on the grass and ate like little monsters. Everybody had fun… all besides Ollie who had a little chocking with watermelon episode followed by some puckeage 
Besides that, all was well and the family was happy.
This is what Lela had to sing to us from her potty.
PS: You will have to turn up your speakers to hear it, it is quite quiet.
Poor little Ollie, he got sick. We were convinced he had measles… he coughed, had a fever, and spots started to appear first on his forehead and then all over his little body. We were quite sad for him and wondered where he could get measles at this young age. Heidi took him to the doctor and he told us it was not measles but some other virus that was causing the little red spots. He is well now and the spots are gone, but we still don’t really know what he had. We are glad he is ok and happy like a babetter.
BTW, he is trying to crawl… and walk, and talk. He gets on his hands and knees and oscillates in place moving a bit backwards like a lobster. Soon he’ll be crawling. We are excited for him. He and Lela are the best little ones out there.
