Last week David made it through an entire week of school with no illness. This was cause for celebration in the Waterman house as we have been through two colds, hand foot and mouth disease, and one bad-ass stomach virus since school started. The stomach virus was actually not that bad for David. He woke up two Thursdays ago around 2am in the morning vomiting, which continued through noon the next day. I kept him from home from school on Thursday and thought he just ate something bad because the only real symptom was 12 hours of vomiting. We went to OKC that weekend and David was just fine. We figured out, however, that it was not food poisoning, when I started unexpectedly vomiting at the Oklahoma State Fair on Saturday night. This was followed by 12 hours of laying in the guest room (or more appropriately, the bathroom near the guest room) with fever, chills, severe aches and an inability to keep liquids down for about 24 hours (which is especially crappy when you are away from home). It turns out that it was extremely contagious - Hayley, Papa Bruce, Granny D and Uncle Luke all got it as did a few other kids and their parents in David's class. We are pretty tired of all of the kid germs that come with being in a school setting. Luckily, Matt managed to escape the stomach virus.
In other David news, we are still having some separation anxiety issues at school drop-off. We are told that he calms down pretty quickly and he is always in a good mood when I pick him up, so we are hoping in another month or so that he can walk into school without crying. He has started walking in by himself (as opposed to us carrying him and forcing him into the classroom), but he is not happy about it. He cries from the time we pull in the parking lot and says "Mommy always comes back to get David" as he is walking in the classroom. It is pretty heart wrenching. We still think it is good for him - he is really getting more independent and much more social.
It is hard to believe it, but David will be turning two in just 10 days. It seems like it was yesterday that we were anxiously waiting his arrival. Now he is a little boy. He talks in complete sentences and can pretty much communicate whatever it is that he wants, needs, sees, etc. He has even taking to using hand gestures whenever he talks (which is super cute). He is eating at the table with us and using big boy silverware. His taste in food varies, but he is getting really good at eating his veggies. He can put on his shoes by himself and likes to dress himself in the morning. He can count to ten, although he always skips two, and sometimes to 15 (especially if you are giving him money to count- his current obsession). He can identify all of his ABC's on flashcards and in books and can sing parts of the ABC song (only about 3-4 letters at a time, then needs a hint..but he always gets the ending). His favorite game is the state/geography game on the ipad. He can identify about 15-20 states and their location on the map (which is pretty impressive considering I probably could not do so before we found the game on the ipad). His current favorite saying is "bye, bye..see you later." We have his two year check-up this month, so I will update everyone on his stats after that visit.
Thanks to the stomach virus, I didn't really get many pictures while in OKC. We did have a good visit though, including a good visit with Mimar and Granddad.
We have been grilling a lot lately and David is a big fan of corn on the cob.
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