Would have posted on Sunday, but our internet went down. Check out our other blog to see why. This blog is about Michael! ;o)

Yesterday, Michael played with his parents all day. HE LOVES THAT. He was so happy all day to be with us and ate a TON of food!

Brian was "watching" michael and had him playing on his playmat in his room. I go in there and find Michael not only NOT on his playmat, but he is on his belly on the hardwood floor, nibbling on Brain's belt that was on the floor and playing with some ties with his other hand.

Michael is standing very well. He can hold onto the couch and remain standing for around 10 seconds before he has to sit back down or fall over. Today, he took steps to the left and right!

Michael likes to watch me fold laundry. I simply lay him on the bed next to the pile of clothes and I shake the shirt I am folding over him and fold it on top of him. Sometimes, that's all he wants to do. Other times, he grabs the clothes I have folded and unfolds them. And then there are times, he grabs the unfolded clothes and just pulls them around. Today, I look over there and he's got my underwear around the top of his head like a hat and is yanking it left and right. Gotta nip that one in the BUD! ;o) No wearing women's underwear for you CAVEBOY!

Michael loves this new set of books we got him. One is called "Le Pingoiun" and the other "Le Dinosaure" They are pop up books with animals and they are hilarious. He gets all excited about the pop ups and tries to tear them out.

Today, I found Pat the Bunny in a sad state. Michael is over there chewing on the book so it's all ripped up on it's spine.

We took Michael down to a cafe for an evening beverage and on the way back, he somehow got his finger caught in this little crack in the elevator door. He cried that awful cry where his mouth is wide open and no sound is coming out and then a howl. It made me so sad and I held him until he stopped crying. It took all of 3 seconds.

Love,
P

Recent chain of events:

1. Brian moves a bookshelf in the living room to a different spot b/c Phuong thinks it looks better over there.
2. Brian has to unplug all the internet/phone/cable stuff to move the bookshelf.
3. Brian re-plugs all the above into a different outlet because he's been wanting to anyways
4. The cable/internet/phone now no longer work
5. We are out of tv/phone/internet for an entire day
6. Phuong gets done with 4 loads of laundry, cooks dinner, and plays with the boy now that she is without the time black hole called "the internet."
7. Brian re-plugs everything back into the original outlet and everything works now...marginally.
8. Now what are we going to do with the bookshelf?
9. And we go back to having a dirty house with nothing to eat since the internet is back up.

Voila,
P