Comic relief

This video cracks me up every time I watch it. Erik is so expressive with his face! His face is starting to change recently, he is a chunky monkey! He has hilarious expressions and his smile now encompasses squinty eyes, crinkled nose and arched eyebrows! It makes me chuckle just thinking about it. He is laughing more and is sitting better all the time. His rolling is still not good, but we will get there. Supposedly I will get a call within the next 3 weeks to schedule his evaluation- I was speechless. 3 weeks! If he was disabled I would be so mad that he would be put months behind farther and now he may be caught up (which isnt such a bad thing) but what an inefficient system!

As much frustration as I had last week, I must tell you how funny Erik is and how happy he keeps me. Lindsay came home which was a relief. Although he came home with a stomach virus and I was taking care of both Erik and him for almost a week and he couldn't help out cause we didn't want to pass it around the house. Linds is now back in working order after seeing the doc and has contracted a head cold, the old saying is true when it rains it pours. But after my hardest day last week I decided I needed to pull myself out of the rut and gain perspective....things could be much worse. So I decided to pick a good attitude and take whatever came our way in stride. Luckily I made that choice before Linds arrived home otherwise I think I may have locked myself in the bathroom and had a sob party. I cooked homemade chicken noodle soup for the first time ever for my sick love (by the way it turned out spectacular, I even added a dash of curry powder-delish! I never seem to be able to follow a recipe exactly, it makes me feel too much like a perfectionist which is totally not my style). On friday we found out the sealing and blessing will not be held this month which devestated me for about 1o minutes..........then I remembered my decision to take everything in stride. I decided to feel relief and roll with it. We don't have a date yet but things look like they will be pushed back until octoberish.

Little man kept me in giggles since Linds has been home. The bond those two have is incredible I wish I could capture it on camera. Erik and Lindsay both light up like a piece of themselves has made it's way back to its spot when they are together. Erik returned to himself as soon as he saw Lindsay, no more fusses or crying and good naps! I know some of it is him feeding off my anxiety and I really need to stop isolating and get out so he sees more people than just me when Linds is gone. Also next time Lindsay leaves for any length of time we are going to video tape him reading a book and talking to Erik or something so that Erik can see him. It's hard because right now he doesn't understand and there is no way to explain, he just knows that Daddy is gone and then at some point he is home, poor guy!