Coconut Milk

Well, we found out tonight that Maddox is allergic to Coconut. Of all things.... Thankfully we found out before I ate the meal with the coconut. Mason had tasted the coconut cream and had a coconut mustache and Maddox touched his face, and lo and behold..minutes later his hands were covered in hives. Cortaid knocked them down and they didn't seem to bother him (thanfully). I read that Coconut allergies are extremely rare (of course they are ) and that most people are allergic when touching the coconut rather than eating it. Maybe that is Maddox's case...I hope...

But, Coconut is in every shampoo and soap and cleaning product in our home, and I think it will be a challenge to find ones with out it. It may explain why he still has som eczema that continues to flare up.



HANDY-DANDY:

While walking outside with Mason he said :Yep. These are dandy sandals. Handy Dandy sandals.



He was helping Craig with the doorknob (again) and brought out his toy tool chest exclaiming "Well, in my handy tool chest I have a lot of tools"



While reading the newspaper (yes, he began reading the newspaper...he read the back as Craig was reading it..not all of it, but enough to get the gist of what the article was about)...he saw a picture of a pig and talked about how cute it was and how it looked like Wilbur (we're reading Charolette's Web) and Craig read the caption and it was about a pig named "Sprinkles", and Mason said "Sprinkles?!?! That's a food, not a name!!"



Mason made Limeade tonight from a lime and tasted it saying "It isn't just perfect limeade, but limeade"





FEE FIE FO FUM

Mason's made up rhyme he plays with Maddox while wiggling his thumb:

"FEE FIE FO FUM, HERE COMES THE GIANT THUMB beep-beep (as he beeps Maddox's nose)

Mason almost rocked Maddox to sleep the other day and it was the most precious thing. He hummed a little toon and Maddox was so content and comfortable in his big brother's arms.



Mason has been making up songs throughout the day about what we are doing. It is like living in a musical. The funny thing is that they usually rhyme, and have a good beat. It is pretty funny.



MADDOX

Maddox is getting cuter everyday. Tonight Mason said Maddox was just the cutest and wishes he would stay a baby forever because he is so little and cute. I told Mason he was pretty cute to and he told me "Well, I'm not the cutest person in this house. Maddox is. I'm cute, but not the cutest!"



Maddox is in the stage where he will reach for us now, and we all just love it. He even reached for Nana over the 4th as we left to give her a "luv".

Sometimes it looks like he is trying to give those open mouth baby kisses too. And when I lay down with him (during those desperate moments when I need a few minutes of sleep), he'll flip to his side and grab my face with his hands and snuggle up his little head to my head. so sweet.



Maddox has very ticklish shoulders and is into hanging upside down over my leg. He'll just lie there with this flat expression on his face until you say something to him. He needs to know what is going on at all times as well. It is getting in the way with eating though. He is a curious child.



Well, off to bed. It's nice having a few moments with both children in bed sleeping and the house silent. Maddox is turning into a very loud baby. Mason's way of coping with it is to yell out noises that are louder than Maddox and cover his (mason's) ears. We are going to work on a way for Mason to have some alone, quiet time in his room to get a break from the noise.