Can We Talk?

That is N's latest late night question. This past weekend it was directed at Dad.
It was followed by these questions:
1. How do people eat?
2. How do people walk?
3. How do you know when you're good?
4. How do you know when the food goes down the right pipe?

I think Dad handled them quite well.

Brotherly Love

Often when N and I are in bed, he'll tell me I'm "the bestest Mom". Last night, Q was sleeping next to us. N reached over, patted his head and said "you're the bestest baby". Put a little lump in my throat.

Of course, this morning, N was back to sitting on Q or telling him to keep away from his toys

busy week

Baby Q had a very busy week... another tooth came in (top this time, but one to the side, not the middle), he started crawling (he's been dragging himself by his arms for a couple of weeks now), and just yesterday he started clapping. Oh, and he has a bad diaper rash.

first tooth for baby Q

Actually, now it's two bottom teeth! Unlike his older brother, he had a tough time with teething. Poor kid. Hopefully the others will be easier (other teeth that is, not babies).

Sitting!

It's now official. Baby Q has learned to sit. Not even leaning on his arms, but actual sitting. It only lasts a minute or so, and then he slowly topples over, but it's sitting. For that minute, he's quite happy to have use of both hands, which he uses to grab whatever toy is close by and cram it into his mouth.

Rolling over!

Yes, little baby Q is now rolling over. Started last week, and I missed the first time. Ok, I missed the first three times. He was in the den and would wait until I would leave the room for a minute.

On Saturday I put him on his back on the floor and stood over him with the camera until he finally rolled over for me. Yeah, that was a long five minutes. I'll need to do lots of editing on that video. No one needs 4.5 minutes of me rambling on.

Now we're at the lovely stage where I put him to bed on his back, he rolls over, and then wakes himself up and gets upset because he can't roll back yet.

New Phrases

A few more commonly used phrases from N:
- "That's not part of the plan" (or part of the deal)
- "That's what I'm talking about"
- "Good job Mom/Dad. High five!"
- "We've got work to do!"
- "Hopey dokey!"
- "I'll never have anything again in my whole life" which seems to be morphing into "I'll never have anything again in the whole world". Always said in an incredibly sad voice. It's becoming the response to any denial on my part (no more tv, no more cookies, blah blah blah)