J&M got Maui'd!

Since we have been hiding out in my parents' place during our window replacement, Elsy has been sleeping in my bed for most of this period. She has pretty much gotten used to sleeping on this mattress and we pretty much have a routine down pat now: Bath, milk, sleep, wake up in middle of night asking for more milk, she sits on chair, daddy gets milk, she drinks milk, daddy washes bottle, she climbs back into mattress, and daddy goes back to sleep until the sun rises. The early morning feeding is new - she started getting hungry in the wee hours of the morning soon after we started staying over and instead of listening to her crying out "Nai nai!" for who knows how long, I give her a bottle to drink. Worked out pretty well actually as she is still pretty hungry when she wakes up after sunrise and the dream feed knocks her out for the rest of the night. Mind you, she may do the same thing at our place, but since she's in her separate room, we never hear her. In any

I've had this nagging cough for about a week now. I got it from Elsy, who had a runny nose and cough for a couple of weeks starting the week before. Part of the reason why I got whatever she got is because we're currently staying at my parents' place and I sleep in Elsy's room. However, she has gotten to the age where she does not want to sleep in the crib, so we have let her sleep in the bed thinking that our stay at my parents' place was temporary (days). We are now at two weeks and it looks like we will be here for another week. But that is a story for another time. What I wanted to talk about in this post was the time I came home from the condo after measuring and picking up new blinds for Elsy's room. I made no announcement of my arrival, but my persistent cough did follow my entry into the house. Each time I coughed, I could hear Elsy cry out "Daddy!" from upstairs. My coughs continued and her cries got louder and louder as she worked her way

We've all been commended in our lifetimes. Either we did well on a test or some task or whatever. I usually take any complements in stride, especially now that I am older. But complements do still pull those pride strings that we all have deep within us (or on our shoulder). But when someone complements our child, it's a whole different ball of wax. There is a different kind of pride that issues forth. A pride that only a parent can have, a feeling that "yes, I have done a good job". It is ultimately, pride for oneself even though the praise was directed at someone else, but it is only natural to fell like you have contributed to this person's merits and to take part of the credit. It does not even have to be a parent that feels pride, teachers, peers, or even supporters can feel pride whether reasonable or not when their student, classmate, team, or whatever is acknowledged in a positive manner. When one person succeeds, we can all succeed with this person.