I can not believe this little man is a year old today. I can not. I can not. I can not.
Happy Birthday, Junior! Thank you for bringing diapers, safety locks, joyful nonsense, and all those delightful baby moments into our home again.
Baby
Morning Sunshine
In the blurry morning sunlight, I see a baby who is very pleased with himself for not even needing an alarm clock to wake at 6 a.m. He just spent the past hour poking our faces, singing in our ears, and flopping his body over our limbs and heads.
Robot Friend
I wonder what his memories are going to be of his robot friend. His big brother was operating it from around the corner yesterday, instructing it to turn right, left, slide, dance, and chase his baby brother.
It also talks and responds to baby babbles.
All the Babies
I added our new selfie stick to this week’s Saturday morning pile-on, and captured this accurate depiction of motherhood at this stage of my life.
In other news, since Germans don’t do closets, we converted the smallest bedroom (which is right next to our bedroom) into “die Ankleide” or dressing room.
Martin just installed the last bit of shelving this evening. Ohhhh, I’m so excited to hang up all my clothes again!!!
Little Tooth
He was giving me a big, slobbery kiss this morning, chomping on my chin, when I realized his first little tooth poked thru his bottom gum overnight. Can’t believe he’s teething already!
Right on schedule, but too fast for me.
Six Months
Martin and I were coming up with ways to describe Junior and his personality so far, and Martin asked, “Were our other babies this happy?”
Of course, our older babies were happy babies. But I knew what he meant by his question. Continue reading
Mom Life
Martin and I got home from a Halloween party about an hour ago. Martin went straight to bed, but the baby wants to stay up and talk all about it. He discovered how to vary the volume of his voice. At the moment, he goes from loud to louder.
Touchè
These days, it is ALL ABOUT tactile learning through touch. When I have him in my arms, he goes straight for my mouth. Sometimes I bite, but mostly I sing, over-enunciating some Eurythmics lyrics or humming along with Enya. Continue reading
Vintage
Vintage desert cammie baby! I think that particular print has been out of reg for at least a decade.
Did You Notice?
As Martin got the baby ready for the day yesterday, he asked if I noticed that our 3-month-old only fits in 6-month-old clothing now.
Of course I noticed.
*sigh* Continue reading