MBD got his pictures taken a few weeks ago and we are so happy with them. He is great about smiling but not always great about sitting/standing still. The photographer had a cute bench for him to sit on in the woods. Not a chance. He'd rather pick up rocks and sticks and "run" down the walk path.
Instead of uploading all of them, you can see them here:
He gets more and more "personality" every day. Lately, he likes to do things to try to make you laugh. For example, I will be rocking him to sleep and he will start hitting me in the face and trying to stick his hands in my mouth to get a reaction. I can't be mad at him for that. He's not doing it to be mean or because he's mad, he just wants to laugh and get me to laugh. Then as soon as I indicate I think it's a little charming he busts out the most devilish big kid laugh you've ever heard. It's classic. At that point I just have to put him in his crib and let him go to sleep on his own because I know in my mind we are getting nowhere. I thought it was just me but he has done it to my mom as well. Doesn't seem to do it to Ben, he knows dad means business.
He's in love with chick fil a. Anything from there really. Grilled chicken, chicken nuggets, applesauce, ice cream, etc. My kind of guy.
Today we are heading to his pal Elaine's first birthday party. I am taking him solo because Ben will be working but he usually does well when he can people watch. Cousin Sam will also be there so that will be fun.
Last week I took him to West Park on my way home from grabbing a few things at Target (not a good idea). We couldn't stay long because I had gotten some meat that was in the car and I needed to get it in the refrigerator. So we went for about 15-20 minutes and I let him swing, walk around looking at people, and pick up mulch. I thought we better go so I headed back to the car with him. That's when he unleashed something I have never seen before. Screaming, real tears, kicking, arched back, etc. You get the picture. I couldn't stop laughing because it was that ridiculous, which made him even more angry with me. I had to bust open the graham crackers I had just bought at Target and luckily I had a bottle of water and sippy cup in the car so I gave him some water. Once I got him buckled in and started the car he was fine and was laughing by the time we got home. I'm sure this is the fi rst of many of those moments. Here is a pic pre-meltdown.
He loves sunglasses. He will not take them off, we have to take them off of him when we go inside because he would wear them all day if he could. It's almost embarrassing.
We ran across this baby picture of Ben this week. And let's just say Miles looks exactly like him. It's starting to freak me out.
