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First of all congratulations to Noah and Taryn on the birth of their daughter Elana Lee last Thursday. I haven't been to see her yet because Max was sick over the weekend. Can't wait to meet her though.

So Max and I had a fabulous day last Friday but on Saturday Max became sick which lasted on and off till Monday night. He had his first fever. We learned that it is extremely difficult to take Max's temperature. As of about age one Max isn't very good at letting me clip his nails, clean his ears etc. Since he was sick he was really grumpy about getting his temperature taken.

We have a forehead scanner, a stick under the arm one, an ear thermometer and a digital thermometer. He doesn't like any of them! Even if they only take 3 seconds.

Luckily his fever went down with tylenol Monday night. We thought we'd probably need to get him to the doctor on Tuesday but he sprang to life like nothing had ever happened 45 minutes after we gave him a dose of tylenol. It was so bizarre, he went from being hot, lithargic and feverish to hungry and happy within an hour???

We thought he might get sick again but he never did get the fever back or act sickly so we're just playing it by ear.

So our results from working with signing and the Karp method have been a mixed bag. With him being sick he was pretty grumpy for a while there.

I am having fun with the signs and feel empowered by using them. Max is making the sign for more at dinnertime.

I could write so much about dinnertime. What a mess! I'll have to save it though.