Jonathan Day 137

Give me strength!  We have had so much snow in the last few days and it's so flipping cold out that we are all going crazy.  JH has taken to running from the bathroom door to the attic door (20 ft) over and over again.  We ask him to touch the attic door and he runs to the attic and then we tell him to touch the bathroom door....you get the picture.  He is huffing and puffing after about 20 times.  We put the basement on hold until we can save a bit more money so we don't have to charge.  Maintaining Chicago while it's empty 95% of the time kills us; not to mention every tax and insurance bill hit us at once :-(  Enough complaining!!

JH has been very whiny lately.  He fake cries almost constantly and it's wearing on us.  We went weeks where he was cheerful, helpful, and compliant.  Now it seems like a fight to get him to do the simplest things.

Today we started the big boy underwear attempt again.  We set the microwave timer for every 30 minutes and take him to the potty.  As long as we're stuck inside and Da Da is not able to be tearing up the yard or house we're trying to get JH off diapers.  He is SO good about #2, he won't go in his diaper at all.  #1 is a different story, he'll wet 5 minutes after we put one on him.  He only wet a little today twice in his underwear but told us immediately after he went.

We have Jonathan's surgery scheduled for January 28th.  There are a few pre-surgery Dr appointments we'll need to go to so we'll use the condo a few more times in January.  The surgery is outpatient so while we're cautious; we're happy he won't have to stay in hospital.

Tonight when we put JH to bed, he was mad at me and wouldn't give me a kiss :-(  He gave Da Da a hug and kiss and even threw in a "I love you Da Da".  I'm sure I'll get my hug and kiss when we wake him for his 10:00 PM potty.

The video above is Da Da faking crying and JH responding.