Two Fantastic Days

Tonight ended two of the most precious days I've experienced with Gina and Elijah so far. I was sick with the flu this week and was forced to spend a lot of time at home. Gina was off on Friday and was planning to watch Elijah all day. Since I was home, I hung out with them while I could, and it soon became apparent that Elijah really liked having BOTH of us around at the same time. He was in such a good mood and was being exceptionally cute. He clearly understands the word "it" because he uses it so often now.....grabs a book and says "read it", sees something interesting and says "hold it", puts something down and says "put it", motions to throw it and says....well, you get the idea. He was running around our living room throwing a pair of toy balls excalaiming "Wow!" each time he let go of them. And it warms my heart when he waddles toward me saying "Coming! Coming!" indicating that he wants to come wherever I'm going.

Lately he's been coming into bed with us in the early hours of the morning.....a practice we've been much more accepting of than before. He settles down right away and usually sleeps well for a few more hours. Most recently, he's decided that he wants to sleep perpendicular to us.....feet burrowing into Gina's stomach, head burrowing into mine. Even with our king size bed I often find myself teetering on the edge. Sometimes I'll quietly get up to get a sip of water or something only to hear "Dada" coming from my wide-awake son....ready for a morning of fun. He throws his hands up and rolls over to the side of the bed pleading "Down! Coming!" and, no matter how sleepy I am, I just can't refuse.

Not sure if I wrote about this before, but this kid has definitely proven he's a true Cherian; his favorite activity is making coffee. He needs a little help, but he knows the whole process. "Wa-ter" he exclaims as he sticks his hand in the coffee pot to check if there already is some there; "Pilter" telling me to get a coffee filter; "Means" to get the coffee beans; "Watch Out" telling me to watch out for the coffee grinder; and finally "Pow" when we open up the grinder to see the powder. Too cute.

Much more I could write, but I'm sleepy......and he'll be starting a whole new day of unbelievably cute Elijah-isms soon anyway. I love this kid and I love being a dad.