Somebaby has figured out that he can climb on the entertainment center without the help of his shopping cart, wheel barrow, or car (toys most frequently used to help him reach things he shouldn’t).  As a matter of fact yesterday, while I was starting a load of laundry, he managed to get up there and wedge himself behind the TV. In the process he disconnected my internet.  There is barely enough room back there for a wily little boy. It was a little tougher for a 7+ month pregnant lady, but I was able to get back there and fix it.

I have no idea how I am going to handle a second child. I’ll be outnumbered, but I’m sure I’ll have some good stories.

Some days I take a ton of pictures.  Others I don’t take any at all.  So far this has been one of those lots of pictures days.

Warming up after getting out of the tub.

If I don’t comb his hair right away it curls like crazy.

I don’t comb his hair right away.

I love the curls.

After the cries of “mama” woke me up this morning (admittedly earlier than I would have liked) this is what I found.

His smiling face and contagious good mood almost made me forget about how cozy my bed had been – almost.  Pretty sure I’ll be napping when he naps later.

We were snuggling in the chair downstairs when I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye.

I was able to sneak the shade open, but the deer (there were two) didn’t stay long after that. I am guessing they were spooked by the neighbors leaving for work. Adam loved watching them though.  Maybe that’s why he got me up so early?

I wonder what kind of May flowers April snow-showers bring.

While we were taking advantage of the nice weather on Sunday (which has since been replaced by a week of rain and possible snow tomorrow), Adam decided that two of his friends needed to join us. He has three of these little guys – they have a stuffed animal head and blanket body. In his right hand he has Mickey Mouse (his favorite) and in his left is Elephant (2nd favorite). The third that he has is Winnie the Pooh.  Poor Winnie rarely makes it out of Adam’s room. In fact he spends most of his time on the floor next to Adam’s crib (which is where I always find him, regardless of how many times I lovingly place him back in the crib).

Now here’s the point of my story – and no, I’m not going to introduce you to all of his toys – he calls Mickey and Pooh both Pooh. At first I thought it was just what he called that particular type of toy, but then I realized he calls the elephant “Elephant” (he gets his creative naming from his mama – my favorite stuffed animal from when I was little is named Blue Doggy – and yes, it is a blue dog – and yes, I still have him).  If I ask him to go get Mickey Mouse, he knows exactly who I’m talking about, and will even correct me and call him Pooh.  It’s pretty cute.

Okay, maybe this is one of those rambling stories that’s only cute to me because I’m his mama.  I’m okay with that. I included pictures for the rest of you, and I don’t care who you are – those are cute no matter what.

This kid loves letters.  He spent the whole bath sticking his new foam letters and numbers to the wall of the tub and saying what they were as he did. He was so funny once they were all stuck to the side of the tub he would stand up and clap and cheer for himself. After he was done celebrating I would use the washcloth to clean the wall off and knock them back in to the tub and we’d start all over again.

I only gave him about 12 of the 84 foam characters and of the dozen I grabbed the only one he really knew was the “W” (or “M” if he stuck it on the wall upside down).  I might go through them and pick out the ones he knows and the ones he says frequently (like “E” and “A” and “T”, even though he can’t identify him yet).

I’m not pushing the letter recognition though. He enjoys pointing them out and likes playing with his foam and magnetic letters.  He also really likes to have me write the letters (on paper with crayons or on the driveway in chalk) so he can color on them. He’s just a little guy though, he’s got plenty of time to learn all this.  I’ll keep telling him what the letters are when he hands them to me and writing letters for him to scribble on whenever he asks, but learning the alphabet before he’s two isn’t a goal of ours.

He’s got more important things to figure out right now – like how to get out of a onesie without unsnapping the bottom.  Pretty sure he mastered that one today.

His shirt pretty much says it all, “Mommy’s Little Monster”.

As far as monsters are concerned though, he’s a pretty cute one.

It seems like Adam has one good night of sleep and then the next is not-so-good. He was up again last night and so we were both pretty tired today. I took this picture while I was laying on the couch this morning right after breakfast (no dozing off today – but I did move my laptop out of reach beforehand just in case).  You can see he’s curled up in his chair with a pillow he swiped from my bed (he’s all about sneaking pillows lately).

I don’t have much else to report – it was a pretty low-key day.  So I’ll just post a couple more pictures from today and then I need to get some sleep.

Hmm, I wonder what the weight limit is on this light fixture…

Oh, hi mom! I wasn’t doing anything wrong, honest!