a whole new world

My all time favorite phase of having an infant is the plop and sit phase.  It happens after colic, when everyone is getting a little more sleep.  The baby has more personality, and most importantly, said baby sits safely and can be left for a few minutes with out worry of finding some small obscure object on the floor and choking. As of 10/18/2011, this is the past in my home.  My little guy is not yet crawling, instead, he has the fastest army crawl/ inchworm maneuver that I have ever seen.  On Tuesday, A. and I were making Halloween cookies (more on that later) when I first saw him moving around the house.  He was no longer sitting surrounded happily by his toys.  Instead, he was over by my aloe plant trying to pull it over.  I looked quizzically at him, figured he rolled over there, and replaced him next to his toys.  I went to pour in the sugar with A. and he had traveled 10 feet over to the dog food bowl which he was quickly trying to eat.  On one hand, I am really happy that my little guy is developing like he should, but the other side of me will really miss plop and sit. 
Thanks to my new birthday camera, you can enjoy a flip book of the army crawl...

I have this crinkly bag, but I'd really prefer the couch

I've got my foot ready to go

That's right, this foot can launch me right into that lovely couch

I must use the arm to get this heavy head up off the ground

Almost there.  I can't wait to get to the couch

here I go

And, I made it.  How lucky that my head is now on the couch

That obviously wasn't as good as he had hoped.  So, just roll a little and keep going. 

but I really want it

B.'s least favorite new part of A's vocabulary is "but I REALLY want it."  Here are a few of the most recent things she didn't just want, but REALLY wanted.

1) Last week at choir they introduced a new song and had gum drops to help them remember ** side note, as I'm writing this I can't for the life of me figure out what a gum drop would do to help remember a church song.  I do have the songs on my refrigerator, where they have not moved from their magnet since last week,  but don't recall a gumdropesque song. **  This week, she did not want a sticker as a treat, she wanted a gum drop.  15 minutes later, she still REALLY wanted a gum drop.

2) She REALLY wanted to play in her play house outside this morning as it was pouring down rain.  I probably would not have fought this desire except that the play house is cardboard and I didn't want to have to say no the next 30 times she REALLY wanted to play in the house that was taken by the garbage men.  

2) At school, they have been reading Goldilocks and the 3 bears.  I told the story in my own words on the way to the grocery store yesterday.  She wanted to hear it again in the store and again after the store on the way home.  She REALLY wanted to hear it this morning as we got in the car again.  After I declined in response to the 15th REALLY, she told me she would take off her sunglasses because her sunglasses were making her ask me over and over again.  ummm ok.... She did take them off and then said, "lets talk about something else."  So, it worked and the sunglasses will be removed from the premises hoping for no more REALLY wants.