Online Autism Conference

I'm gonna try and attend a bit
http://www.awares.org/conferences/default.asp

No Hot Water

We lost our hot water during the aforementioned bath (it was actually a shower - so not so good - luckily the lil one doesn't mind cool water too much)

We regained it - just in time for Trister to cover himself head to foot in poop.

Understanding!

He definitely knows the word bath.

I asked him if he wanted one, then he let me take his hand, and instead of leading him to the bathroom, I said, where do we go when we want a bath? and he walked straight over there.

He will also walk right into his bedroom after we've said it's bedtime frequently, even if he doesn't want to go. and last night he opened his bedroom door, and peered out and then walked straight to the bathroom got in the bathtub and put his hand on the faucet, like "can I have a bath?" because he'd been sent to bed without one.

communication is sweet

nearness

so tristan has taken to climbing behind me on the chair if I'm on neal's computer. sometimes he does the rocking on his belly thing that looks weird and I distract him, as the school suggests that. This evening he climed up here and laid on his back behind me with his feet in the air playing with somethign (I don't remember what it was, he likes to play with objects in his hands) wish I had my camera handy at the time.

Hugs

Joy is having him turn look you straight in the eye, walk up to you, and open his arms while smiling

:)

Soooo Cute

Tristan has been put to bed.

I just heard him, it sounded like he was right by his door (he climbs
off the bed and falls asleep there frequently)

he said, quietly, 'wiwy' (which we've figured is 'Lily')

I had to fight the urge to run in there, scoop him up and hug him.

New Combined blog!

Beware, also has my random thoughts

but news about kids too!

NaviMama

so far I've just got Lily and Tristan's March 1 posts up.

oh, and I'll still be updating these, too. the new one is if people only want one blog to check. email posts will make it fairly easy to cross post. I'm keeping these up in case any of the small handful of people who reads these only wants to check one of the blogs.

hugs

hugs
Originally uploaded by navidoll.

he came up to me as I was at the puter and rested his head on my shoulder and was hugging me (alternating between shoulders) and then he grabbed my cheeks and ran away. was trying to aim lower with the camera to have more of him in the shot. none of the other pictures came out right. this was the closest

kinda hard to aim when the kid is hanging on your arms.

then afterward, I went to take care of some groceries, and he took my hand and walked to the water table and proudly showed me that he had dumped my camera in it...

more water table

I pushed it under the table to get it out of the way as we were
heading to go shopping. it's just barely under the table so he pulled
the drawer out just a bit so he could still play with the water

Water Table

Water Table
Originally uploaded by navidoll.

Just totally made Tristan's day.

Tested the drawer, to make sure it would hold water without leaking, then ripped the top off of it and turned it into an inexpensive water table. He had fun. after Lola walked away, he proceeded to dance around it with one hand in the water. :)

sleepy

Tristan likes to sleep near a fan

We were trying to get Lily to sleep in her playyard and had a fan
nearby. She was going in and out of it because she'd wake up and
scream when we tried to put her in it. Tristan apparently figured out
that she'd be sleeping there and pointed the fan towards the playpen
and then curled up on the floor with a pillow right next to the
playpen.

Cuteness

2 things

was laying on the bed w/Lily

Tristan came up, and rocked his head on my shoulder so I could kiss
his cheek then he put his lips on my cheek (he doesn't actually kiss)

Then

he laid his head on my knee when I was sitting on the couch looked up
at me and said "luthe yoo"

Tristan got up today and walked into my room. Climbed on my bed by
Lily and carefully walked over her and then cuddled my head. He then
proceeded to move around on the bed and periodically come over to me
for more cuddles. so cute.

This post is supposed to be titled waking up but email posting isn't working and well for some reason blogger doesn't let me put a title on the trister's blog when posting from there.

poo

all over my sister's basement....

circles

Tristan likes to put something on the floor and dance around it. One
of the bus drivers thought it might be duck duck goose he's imitating.

Well, I was sitting on the floor, so he started dancing round and
round me. and ended it by climbing in my lap and saying what sounds
like "hug you".

haircut

I think he's digging his haircut. He keeps putting his face or the
side of his head or the back of his head on my face, or my shoulder or
my lap...

course, last night, neal lightly scratched his head like he
occasionally does and tristan cried. I guess he wasn't ready for it w/
his haircut. just mommy can mess with the new do, I guess.

smiles

asked if I could take more pictures. He looked at me sideways.

asked for a hug, including clap clap and motion by holding my arms
out, palms and two fingers up and motioned to 'come here' with the two
fingers on each hand.

he looked straight at me grinned, and came over and hugged me

sooooo cute!

spinning cheese

spinning cheese
Originally uploaded by navidoll.

he's spinning a parmesan cheese shaker

mmmmm Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy
Originally uploaded by navidoll.

he just grabbed a chunk and shoved it in his mouth. He really liked the texture of it. we figured he would he has a bad habit of eating tissue.

I had a picture of him with a bigger chunk but the batteries died and didn't save it :(

I took the big chunk away from him and gave him a small piece after taking the shot. figured this was a little too much at once.

Standing on a table

HPIM0936
Originally uploaded by navidoll.