Little things

I don't have any pictures to post, so sorry mom. But I wanted to type a bit about the cute things Brendan did today that melted my heart. Today he turned 10 months old!!! I can't believe he is already ten months old. He's such a big boy!!! I love him more and more each day. He's getting to be SO stinkin' fun. And challenging.

Well, first of all the little dude woke me up at 2am, 4am, 6am, 8am, 10am, and we got out of bed at 12:45pm. I dont' know HOW the heck people do it with more than one kid. I can barely handle the one. I think he's teething, or going through a growth spurt, 'cause that boy is HUNGRY! So his waking up every two hours didn't melt my heart. Just for the record. For someone with chronic fatigue syndrome, that's NOT fun times.

Anyway...for the cute list...I just love how he always crawls over and knocks off every dvd/vhs on the bottom two shelves of our bookcase. It's still cute to me. I'm sure in awhile it won't be, but it is right now still. It's just funny...no matter how many times he sees me putting them back he wants them on the floor. It's impossible to keep a single movie up there.

I also think it's funny how he pushes the buttons on our tv/dvd player so many times we canNOT get through five minutes of a movie without restarting it and 'scene selecting' to get back to where we stopped. It's kinda funny! I tried watching "Cloverfield" again today (good movie!) and not only could I NOT get through a full scene, he busted my remote by throwing it across the room and squealing in delight at the distance covered. So now I not only have to restart scenes I have to physically get up to go clear to the tv to do so. Poor me, I know! Imagine that. :D

I love how he pushes his cars back and forth and sing talks to them. He pushes them around like a big kid...and then will push them to you, expecting you to push them back. It's so cute! And oh my word he LOVES those dogs! He crawls right up to the gate and just pats and scratches on it, and squeals. We had to put a gate up so he couldn't get to the dogs since Macy frequently releases her bladder due to old age. We had to safely keep him away from the inevitable pee puddles. And man is he mad about it! He wants to play with those dogs!!!

I love how he loves to play with the keyboard and dance to the rhythms. I love how he found the cupboards in the kitchen and now wants to play with the pots and pans ALL THE TIME! He makes a beeline to the pots cupboard and plays, trying to take out every pot. And gets SO excited every time he opens that cupboard door! He has discovered doors too...he LOVES to push them closed, pull them open, etc. He gets SO MAD when they close so far that they latch though...and he'll yell at me to come open it for him. The funniest is when he accidentally locks himself in the bathrooms...he starts yelling the second that door closes. I'm always standing right there though, so it's okay.

He has also discovered how to wave! He waves at me all the time now! Everytime I walk in or out of the room he waves hi or bye. And when we walk into the bathroom and he sees the mirror he waves at the baby in the mirror! He's so friendly. :) It's so cute when he and Lamar walk me out to my car, on my way to rehearsal. He'll wave at me as I drive out of the driveway, heart pinged with guilt that I'm leaving at all. That poor baby...mommy being gone every night. I need a break. But it's really sweet having him wave at me goodbye.

He has also gotten to the point where he HATES getting his diaper changed. He starts protesting before I even lay him on the bed now. And contorts his body around so much that it takes two of us sometimes to lay him flat to change his diaper. Most of the time he yells about it, but sometimes he laughs his head off, trying to escape. He has also developed a little opinion. He wants mommy and daddy's food. He's ok with his own baby food, but if we're eating he wants what we've got. And there is no sense of ownership. What is ours is HIS in his mind. And we are the ones keeping him from what he wants. It's so funny.

He has also started doing this cheesy grin thing to us too. If he's sitting on the floor playing and we call out to him to get his attention, he'll look up at us and just CHEESE at us. And then look away/back at his toys. It cracks us up. Especially if I have a camera...oh man that kid is a ham. He knows that camera is there to take his picture and he'll pose slightly and grin prettily every time. I love my baby.

Today he did the SWEETEST thing though...my favorite thing he's done in awhile. I was singing around the house, picking up stuff when I looked over at him and he was reaching his arms up for me to pick him up. (I love that. I'm sure in a couple of months I won't, but I do now. It's so sweet that he wants me.) I picked him up and he just put his head on my shoulder and hugged me while I sang "Sound of Music" to him and danced with him. He'd every now and then pick up his head and look me straight in the eye, kiss me on the cheek, and go back to listening to me sing with his head on my shoulder. It was SO SWEET. It was as if he liked mommy singing to him, dancing with him, and he just wanted to take in the moment. I know I did. It was so sweet. He's been too busy to cuddle with me. It was sweet that he just wanted to listen to mommy. OH and every now and then he'd 'sing' a little too. It was darling and MELTED my heart. I love that kid.

Wanted to share some sweet moments of today. I REALLY need to babyproof my house completely, cupboards and all this week. It's SO tiring chasing him around, making sure he doesn't get into every cupboard, or stand up at every toilet. I have to shut all doors and keep an eye on him when he ventures into the kitchen. It's a full time job watching that little man! I love it though. :) He's so fun. I don't know how any mom ever gets anything else done. Once I put the babyproofing stuff up I'm sure it'll be easier.