Why you shouldn't let your toddler play with the phone.

I'm home with Bubbie today because of a random fever causing virus. It's a good time all around. I've had to check his temperature a lot with our ear thermometer and just generally let him chill. Well, we were coloring, while Bubbie held the phone, and noticed he was burning up again. I got up from his little table in the kitchen got him some Motrin off the counter. Mind you, I was about 2 steps away from him.

When I came back to give him the Motrin, I noticed that the phone was on and that he'd dialed a bunch of numbers. I didn't really look at them, just hung up the phone. Not 10 seconds later, the phone rings. It was the county sheriff dispatch. Awesome. Bubbie managed to dial 911 in the 30 seconds he had the phone without me hovering over him.

The dispatcher told me that someone had dialed 911 and they needed to check if anyone needed help. I explained that my almost 2 year old had been playing with the phone, but that I didn't think he'd actually dialed 911. Oh no, she assured me. He dialed 911 and then hit a bunch of other numbers. Sweet. She asked me Bubbie's age and my name and then double checked to make sure everything was okay. I was so embarrassed and apologized profusely for the accidental call.

I thought all was well until about 10 minutes later when the doorbell rang. I opened the door to find a county sheriff outside. He said that they had received a call and was checking to make sure everything was alright. I said yes and he asked to come in to check. I told him how Bubbie had somehow dialed 911 and he said that it's pretty amazing that kids can get the numbers just right to call. He was really nice, but again, I was super embarrassed and apologetic. The awesome part of it is that I know there was a squad car either in my driveway or in front of my house. Now I'm just waiting for the neighbors to come by to see what happened.

I just hope we don't get a bill for the visit! Good times.

Um, he's the cutest kid EVER!!

Now, I know that all moms say that about their kids, but I'm hard pressed to not believe that my little guy is the cutest kid ever.

Bubbie's gotten to an age (21 months) where he is just so fun to interact with. He's talking in little sentences, dancing, joking around, telling us what he wants - really all sorts of stuff. He's also sleeping in his big boy bed at night, which is essentially a mattress with a mattress cover and fitted sheet on the floor.

So last night, we're doing our bed time routine and Bubbie started to do the same routine with his little kitty cat that he sleeps with. He was giving it kisses,saying "Sleep tight, sleep with the angels, see you in the morning" (which I say to him every night) in his little way to the kitty and tucking it in with a blanket. It was one of the cutest things I have ever seen him do.

It's just amazing to me how much he's changed in the last year. He's gone from this:

February 2009 - Just started crawling

To this:

January 2010 - Still working with B

I can't believe he's going to be 2 in a few months. How has time gone by so fast? No sir, I don't like it.

It's already been better.

I was looking through old blog posts today and came across this one from last year on New Year's day. I was so full of hope after having an extremely stressful year in 2008. I really wanted 2009 to be an uplifting and easy year, but you can't win them all. Just a day or two after that post, a good friend of my husband took his own life. It was pretty much an indication of how difficult 2009 would become.

I think the hardest part of last year, aside from our house being worth half what we bought it for and pay cuts, was the fact that I was forced to go back to work (because of the aforementioned house and pay cuts). I had really hoped that I would have been able to get a part time job in the evenings and not have to go back to teaching full time. But, that didn't happen and after an extremely stressful job search, I got hired at a school that is about 45 minutes from my house. It's a lot of work and very different from my previous teaching experience.

We're hoping to get our home loan modified to expand our options job and money wise. We really wanted to start trying for baby #2, but the job things and money (freaking money!!!!) is putting the kabosh on that for a little while. Once we find out about the loan, we can start making some decisions on that front.

But as for now, 2010 is already looking better. I'm praying that it will be.