Baby Dreams

Quinn is beginning to wake up from his dreams or his version of nightmares... I can't tell which yet. Monday he woke up at 3am confused and sobbing. When I went to his room, he was just sitting in his bed looking soooo confused and he kept repeating "don't want to go to the wee, no wee" and rubbing his eyes. "wee" is what he calls a playground, it's named after the sound he makes while going down the slide. I told him he didn't have to go, so he laid down a went to sleep.

Tony called me early this morning and asked if I was OK... he said Quinn woke up that morning from a dream crying and yelling "mommy's gone, mommy's gone". He was pretty upset... He's to little to understand the concept of a dream or a nightmare. So I tried to say hi to him on the phone to show him that his dream was not real... but in typical three year old fashion ... he must have forgotten his worries because he said "hi" then promptly hung up on me.

Heat wave

It's been over ninty degrees now for days... and it just occured to me this weekend that I do not own one pair of shorts.

The big house

I've been trying to teach Quinn the difference between my house and Tony's... because recently he has begun saying " mommy I want to go home" all though that kind of tugs at my heart strings... I realize to him that is the only place he knows as home... He has a yard there and a dog. So he misses it... But I still want him to understand he has two homes, one with mommy and one with daddy.. I've been saying this in many ways... like: daddy's house vrs Mommy's house, Apartment vrs house, Sadies house "his dog" vrs Molly's house "his cat" ... and each time I tell him "they are both yours, you have two houses".

Tony came by to pick him up today and we went through the explanation of houses again... finally he says " I have two houses"... YES, HE GET'S IT... so I'm kissing him goodbye, as he leaves he waves to me and says "I go to da BIG house" ... Tony cracks up laughing... I realize... why didn't I explain it to him THAT way. Smart cookie he is! (aside from the jail house reference, that would not be smart.. that would be scary :-) )

sLeep dePriVaTion

ok this is funny, at least I think it is...

I've been having sleeping problems because I think I am allergic to my cat... (a new thing that I am trying to ignore and pretend is not happening...) But it's affecting my sleep badly... The night before last I only slept two solid hours!

So I got myself some clariton ... I woke up last night twice with the allergy tickle in my throat. The last time it happened I reached over to my night table and got my bottled water .... took a sip.... I then proceeded to fall asleep wtih the bottle still in my hand ... my hand slowley tilted while drifting back to sleep... and spilled the water all over me and my bed... Even in my delirious state I was laughing at myself... I've never woken up so fast before!

What's in a name anyway

I'm loving that fact that I can now communicate with Quinn... we can have full on conversations... all though sometimes it feels like we're speaking some made up secret language.

a few weeks ago I tried to explain that my name was Sharon... I pointed to myself and said "I'm Sharon" he looks at me ... laughs and says "you mommy" I say "well yes, I am mommy but I am also Sharon" ... this did not go to well... he got very upset and said " NO you mommy.... you MOMMYYYYYYYYYYY " Ok OK I let that go.

A few days ago I thought I would explain his name to him... so he's not blindsided one day with the realization that his real name is not Quinn... so again I point to him and say "you're Gabriel" he giggles and says "I not Jabial, I Kinn"... "yes you are Quinn but you are Gabriel Quinn" ... now he's pissed.... "NOOOOOOOOOO... I KINN I KINN... NO JABIAL!" ... I say "ok baby you're Quinn"

after a few minutes had passed by he walks over to me... looks me square in the eye with a very concerned face and says "mommy, I'm Quinn"

It had not dawned on me that he thought I would forget his name... This poor kid now believes that I forgot who I was and who he was... Calling myself Sharon and him Gabriel... so now he wants to remind me... :) ...

all though he can't be too upset since a while later he says "mommy wheres Jabial" and cracks up laughing... I do believe that was a joke at me expense!