23.11.09
And we’re on the move…
Things are happening so quickly with Micah this month.. that I feel the need to write it down. I keep saying it – but he seems to pick up something new almost everyday.
In reference to the title – Micah has now figured out how to get from sitting to on his tummy (without bashing his face on the floor) and is now commando crawling quite quickly around the room – especially on our super-slidey tiles! He quite often gets stuck in corners and cries until he’s rescued. But he definitely knows what he wants and how to get there. Right now we are trying to convince him that what he wants is not Daddy’s CD collection.
He is alot more adventurous when he’s climbing all over us or is on a soft surface – so I guess he knows he’s much less likely to hurt himself.
He is saying ‘buh-buh- buh’ regularly – his first discernible ’word’. When he gets excited or hyperactive (Note: normally past his bedtime) he starts shaking his head and making laughing sounds with a huge grin on his face. He also started clapping which possibly started off accidentally but now – since we’ve encouraged it – is quite purposeful.
Ok here comes the crazy child prodigy bit. He has figured out how to whistle! Seriously- he purses his lips and blows and sound comes out. I’m wondering whether he’ll keep on knowing how to do it… or that he’ll have to relearn it when he’s 6 or something…
Yesterday was the icing on the cake. We were packing up after church and Haoran gave his phone to Micah to play with while we were busy. Next moment I get a text message from Haoran’s phone ‘a7oP 7x’! Somehow Micah manged to unlock the keypad, type a message and send it! Haoran panicked a little thinking he may have done other things as well while the keypad was unlocked… but no.. that was it! He sent a message to his mummy. 
The last week has been a little tough. This is the first time in Micah’s life where he has had to deal with some serious heat. It’s also been a challenge for us to figure out how warm or how cool we should dress him etc. Especially at night. The poor little guy has been pretty sweaty and he’s drinking a lot more water now as a result.
The other thing contributing to our tough week has been that – slowly but surely – a tooth is emerging. Micah has turned out to be one of those kids who don’t deal well with teething (I’m sure I wouldn’t either – but I have heard many stories of them just appearing without a fuss). Today has been the first day where I can really feel that little sharp tooth coming through. You can barely see it – but you can definitely feel it.
That’s all for now… I’ll be back with more amazing Micah stories soon!
(See the video here)
