Not the greatest day, unfortunately. I'm feeling a tad burnt out. Mike had the big V this morning, so he's got an automatic get out of doing anything card for a couple days. Spencer was well behaved, but not very talkative. I tried several times to get him to say yes or no to answer a question, but he refused. The worst thing behavior-wise that happened was that I took away his remote control car becuase he kept leaving it on when he was done playing with it. He would turn it off when I told him to, though. It really is obnoxiously loud.

Just when I was thinking that he'd just had a really off day, he come out with 'bubbles' competely spontaneously. To be fair it oculd have been 'bottle' because he was at the counter where the bottles are and had the bubbles in his hand. Either way I'm good. Then we sang "the wheels on the bus" with "when the answer is no we say no-no-no" and he nailed it. He also nailed the yes variation, so maybe I'll try it from that angle tomorrow. Why does this have to be so hard??? Lots of pointing, grunting, and grabbing my hand to lead me to what he wants though. He's communicating just fine.

AND THE BEST NEWS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We put Spencer to bed at 7 as usual, but he was up until 8 playing in his crib. At around 830 I heard him again and went to check on him. I asked for a hug which he immediatly jumped up to give me, then I laid him back down and put his blankie over him. All standard procedure. He looked up at me and said "I tuu tu". Very clearly "I love you". That was soooo nice!!! Especially at the end of a long day.

Went to Dr. Heather last night. She brought up the website incident and Mike which I really didn't want to talk about, but that's kinda the point. I had to come home and ask Mike what his intentions were and be ready to hear the truth. He insisted that it was one site from another and he was looking for a job at the time and he honestly wasn't looking. Even if there's nothing wrong with looking and it's perfectly normal and natural, etc. He said he wasn't looking. I believe him. It's hard and terribly, but I do. I really do. Wow!

Rachel is doing well. She's on her way to crawling. She's on her way to sitting up. Hasn't made much progress since her initial starts, but she'll get there. I bribed her into moving forward today with a Frito. She thought she was getting the whole thing, but alas she got a crumb. Still, it worked. She's moved onto wagon wheels and crackers already. It's amazing how fast that happens.

We went to HHS today to visit the old coworkers. Reminded me of why I left. It was nice visiting with Pat, though. I do miss her. Seems like she misses me too. Rachel was a scaredy-baby, not that it's a shock, but it was funny to see her freak out.

I put Rachel in the Jeep and moved her around today. She was more okay with it than in previous attempts. She was also okay in the stroller. I think she is just going to have to try things a few times before she decides she likes them. I wonder if that means she'll be a picky eater. Nothing but chicken nuggets and french fries. LOL