So Noah's finally getting the waving bye-bye thing. Today, as I dropped him off at the sitter's, he actually smiled and waved bye-bye to me.
The part I find funny is that he's not yet sure which things are appropriate to wave bye-bye to.
Finish reading 'Hello to bye-bye' »Here are those enormous, shiny new teeth Mr. Noah just got:
And I thought I'd miss the gummy grin. *smile*
Noah has started giving kisses.
I was regaled with my first one Sunday afternoon as he and I were lying on the floor, playing. He was on his tummy, and I was on my back with my face under his.
And suddenly, he grabbed a fistful of my hair in one hand, my chin in the other, and planted one on me.
It was slobbery. Open-mouthed. Accented with little scrapes of new baby teeth. Accompanied by a funny baby humming noise.
It was fabulous. I couldn't have loved it more.
Though he still sleeps more hours a day than any parent has a right to hope for, our baby Noah is entering the stage where he wants to practice his new tricks day and night.
One recent middle of the night (no, I don't know for sure when it was; all I know is that it was dark and I had been all snuggled into my bed, actually getting some REM sleep), the little chunk started fussing and couldn't seem to get himself calmed down.
So I got up, stumbled down the stairs and expertly made a bottle with my eyes closed.
Finish reading 'Armed and dangerous' »And, by the way, Noah cut both his bottom front teeth yesterday!
And I loved his gummy grin so much ...
I've finally got a ton of new pictures of Noah to share! Many thanks to my niece Gina (who you'll see in one of the pics) for sending these to me.
Finish reading 'Cutie pie #1' »One day last week, I plopped Noah down onto a blanket that I had spread out on the living room floor. I plunked some toys down in front of his face, then darted upstairs with Sam to get her dressed.
When we came down less than 5 minutes later, we could hear him babbling and cooing, but we couldn't see him from the stairwell.
He had managed to roll himself about 10 feet in that time. Almost the whole way into the kitchen. Which would not have been comfortable.
Finish reading 'And, he's off!' »Noah had his 6-month-old checkup yesterday, and he passed with flying colors.
I, however, failed.
OK, I didn't fail. I just embarrassed myself a little.
OK, a lot.
Finish reading 'No! Not in front of the doctor!' »I discovered about a week and a half ago how to make Noah belly-laugh.
While I was changing his diaper, I tickled him along his ribs, and he smiled and giggled a little. So I tried again, and he smiled and giggled some more.
And then, about two days later, I was changing his diaper (clearly it's something I do a lot of lately) and singing "You Are My Sunshine" to him, and he was smiling and giggling a little at that. So I tickled him while I sang.
And he went crazy.
He cracked up. He laughed so hard I had to stop tickling and singing every few seconds so he could breathe. His whole little belly jiggled, and his little face turned bright red from the laughing.
I've tried it a bunch of times since then (no way I could let that go, uh-uh), and I get the same results. He can barely contain himself.
I can't explain it. But I'm enjoying it.
Anything unusual that your kids find funny?
Need a smile today? Click here to see a picture of Noah that Sam recently took with my cell phone.
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