It took several days of intense concentration, but Jordan has already figured out how to open drawers that are equipped with so-called child-safety “door locks. ” He was so proud of himself.

After 2 days of free reign and the drawers’ contents all over the kitchen, I had to take more drastic measures:

We had a pretty rough night with Jordan on Monday night. It was the first time since he was a newborn that he kept us up all night with tears. We pulled out every trick in the book, but he could not be consoled. We got almost no sleep. The only saving grace was that we had his 18 month appointment scheduled for Tuesday morning. Turns out he had an ear infection and major teething. He’s back on anti-Bs and after a half day on that he is back to his old happy self. He checked out well otherwise… He up to 23.4 pounds in the 20th percentile. The doc was pretty amazed with his verbal skills, which she described more usual for a 2-year old. Talking to him has been so much fun. He regularly says “Hi, Daddy, how are you?”

Cousin Jonah’s 4th birthday was over the weekend at My Gym… A place that used to be no fun for Jordan, now is one of his favorite places since he is walking and running.

BATHTIME (that’s not a shower cap, that’s his shirt on his head… he likes to wear “shirt-hats)