After a week and a half of a sick Joshua, I was a bit worried about how celebrating Brad's birthday yesterday was going to go. Joshua has been seriously feeling terrible and under quarantine. His behavior and attitude, as you can imagine, has suffered as well. Yesterday pre-nap was particularly bad, with the biggest fit I have ever witnessed from him. A four hour nap later, though, and he was much better. Groggy and a bit whiny, but not defiant and obnoxious. So, by the time Brad got home, we had dinner working, the table set with the birthday table cloth, a birthday banner, balloons, etc., and we were ready to celebrate! We had cake after dinner, even though Joshua wanted "cake FIRST, THEN dinner", but I didn't waver! Joshua can now sing the birthday song recognizably, even if I did have to remind him to sing to daddy, not to Joshua!! So it went well. Then, to make things even nicer, Jacob chimed in with his own version of the words "happy birthday" - again, very recognizable. He just said the words, didn't sing the song, but it was really a great part of the evening. (and we got it on video!)
Joshua is finally kind of understanding birthdays and presents. It is an exciting time, especially since Joshua's birthday is next month. We are going to have a combined birthday party with Joshua's good friend Nolan, who turns three just before Joshua does.
Other news - Joshua slept both for nap and night with no pacifier yesterday. We aren't going to give one to him again, and he didn't even ask for one last night! (Though nap was a bit of a battle.) And on top of the words "hi", "Mama", "Dada", "bye-bye", "ni-ni" (for night night), and now "happy birthday", Jacob also said "thank you" today!!
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