My baby’s growing up. :(
December 10, 2005I had a dream last night that A was walking around on his own. I’m glad my brain is trying to warm up to the idea because I think he’s going to be walking for real very soon. Wah! He’s such a joy at this stage. He’s pretty laid-back, except when he’s eating and then you better keep it coming or else. He’s very smiley and is learning how to work it. He’s been shaking his head back and forth for about a month and I’ve been calling it his Kanye*West move — you know the one from the “Gold-digger” (I’m not sure that’s spelled correctly, but then I’ve never really tried to spell gold-digger before. . .) video. But even though A is a keen dancer, he’s really shaking his head when anyone says “no” to him, like when he’s chewing on Matchbox cars for instance.
He likes to bounce up and down when he hears music. He’s very dextrous wih his hands and is doing things that I don’t remember D doing at all, like passing things back and forth between hands. He’s got a killer pincer grip. He’ll actually hold a cookie between his thumb and forefinger and bite/nibble around it. Not something that we are familiar with around here where people tend to swallow things whole without biting or chewing, giving mommy many heartattacks and making her wonder why on earth she isn’t CPR-certified.
J’s going to be out of town at a conference beginning tomorrow through the next week. Great timing, hunh? This conference is the same time every year. Like we don’t have enough going on or anything. Our 10 year wedding anniversary is next Friday for one thing. And what else? Oh yeah, Christmas.
