Beginning the update

  I have decided that, perhaps instead of one long update, it may be easier on both the writer and the reader if there is a series of short blog entries to bring the readers up to date.  Most people don't sit down to read a ling blog entry, and I also end up writing a lot of this on my phone.  As you may know, typing on a phone is not the easiest way to type, so shorter notes are just easier.  So, on to the updates...
The last major update left you, the reader, with finding out that Keltan was having nightmares.  That continued for a while, and we continued to have many sleepless nights.  We finally decided to try going through a rigid routine when putting him to bed, hoping that would help things out.  We set up a specific time to bathe him.  We set up a specific time to get his jammies on.  And then we made a routine of 1 book and 5 minutes of rocking.  After a few days of this, we got the bedtime thing under control.  We even skipped out on a couple of social gatherings because we wanted to fet over the hurdle.  It worked!  He has gotten to the point now to where he gets up maybe once during the night, but Mommy is able to put him back to bed rather easily, and he stays there until about 5:00 or 6:00 AM.  At that point, he comes to our bed hntil we get up, which we all enjoy.
  It is comical, however, to watch him come to our room that one time during the night.  We have, for those that may not know, an OLD house with creaky doors.  He will start to slowly open our door, creaking it mere fractions of an inch at a time.  He will finally open it just enough to slip in, whereupon he then has to make the big climb onto our bed.  The whole process may take about 5 minutes, with Daddy doing all he can to keep from laughing.
  Keltan is quite the talker these days.  He reoeats absolutely everything.  And I mean everything!  A few days ago, he was riding in the van with me, and started saying "people big dummies."  Thinking I heard wrong, I asked him to repeat.  "people big dummies.". It hit me at that point that one of my favorite driving phrases had been heard and remembered by my little parrot!  I explained, with very limited success, that even thougj Daddy said that, it wasn't nice and he should kot say it.  That seemed to work.  When I went to get him out of jis car seat, Keltan, being the little stinker he is, whispered "people big dummies".  
  Another funny story about Keltan talking and being a little mess is one of my favorites.  He likes to crawl under our tabke during supper to chase Asher, our little Sheltie dog.  We have put him stabding with his nose to the wall more than once over this matter, but he seems to forget this every night.  Well, one night, Mommy got up to get him to put him in the corner, since he had gone to the living room when he got out from under the table.  When she got to him, he took off running past me and through the kitchen, en route to the den.  As he went running past me, he hollered, with much glee, "she's chasing me!". Mommy came walking behind, more than a little frustrated (and Daddy's laughter was not helping that feeling).  As she got to the den, he again took off back through the kitchen, past me, and into the luving room.  As he ran by me, again he hollered with much joy, "she's chasing me!". Again, I could only laugh harder as Mommy came back in after him.  At that point, even Mommy had to start laughing.  Keltan still had to stand in the corner, but at least we all had a good laugh!
  One last note for now:  Keltan cintinues to receive shots for his fire ant allergy.  Apparently they are working.  We noticed what we believe was a fire ant bite on his finger one morning, but it looked like a normal fire ant bite.

Jeff Dickson