Today was a good day. I picked up donations from 2 Moms Club mommies - stuff for the big yard sale this Saturday. Macsen even got an impromptu play date out of it - he had a ton of fun playing with a one of their little girls. He's so smart - he just kept giving her toys, keeping her happy, smart man. 
I was able to cancel another appointment in Atlanta by talking to the doctor on the phone - it's so crazy if I hadn't called and asked if this was a possibility we would have another 8 hr round trip to discuss everything we discussed via phone. Hello modern age! Sheesh! We are putting Macsen on an appetite stimulant - if we make him hungrier he'll try more food or at the very least take more volume of milk. He still needs to put on about 10 lbs for his next surgery. Keeping fingers crossed this will help. It will also make him sleepier - maybe we'll get some better rest at night - a girl can hope right?
He played really well all day - rubbing his face in the cat's fur then running tight circles around her, running down the driveway yelling "ahhhhhhhhh," getting pushed around the yard in his push car so I could talk to the Dr. He played with his daddy - lining up all like colors on his little gear toy all on his own. Aaron was so proud.
He was so exhausted tonight though. We visited the Derby team at their new practice location - they are still looking for a place to have games. Macsen ran around in the heat with his sisters for about 20 minutes then he was done - sweaty and tired out. His older sister gave hima bottle on the drive home and sang "Moondance."
He had an awful time at speech therapy yesterday - for 30 minutes he looked at the therapist like she had 2 heads, cried and pointed to the door. He was not impressed by her flash cards or her repetitive sounds. He refused to show her any of his signs, say any of the few words he says. He did the same for his other speech therapist a few days ago - he will not perform if he doesn't want to. He is not about pleasing these people. If they refuse to give him back his toy until he makes the sign for please or ball he will simply give them a look, pointedly turn his back on them and move on to another toy. He will not be bullied. Sigh. Makes me think he knows exactly wha we want from him he just doesn't want to do any of it yet. He does sophisticated things sometimes - pointing out when 1 small piece of a game is missing, following directions in a song he's never heard before, lining up game pieces by color. He is very selective about his books too - his new Cars stories are a favorite but he always goes back to his first book "On the night you were born" from Aunt Judy. 
Where's Macsen?
Where's Macsen? Running down the driveway
Racing me in his push car
Cool dude
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