Simon now sings. He sings "Twinkle Twinkle", and "The Bunny Song" (from the Veggie Tales), and "The Pufferbilly Song" (courtesy of the Wiggles). He also does the hand motions for the Pufferbilly Song.

*iz ded of cute*

Slight hiccup in my feelings of working mom awesomeness this week - I forgot to bring his lunch to daycare, thus necessitating a lot of trips back and forth. I'm waiting for the train now, and will hopefully get to work by 10. Sigh ( Read more... )

A transcript of tonight's conversation with Simon ( Read more... )

Haven't posted about the tot in awhile, so here goes ( Read more... )

Let me be clear before I begin - I love my son dearly. And he apparently loves the bejeezus out of me. Yet there are moments when I find myself trying to pretend that he doesn't exist ( Read more... )

I threw macaroni at my son last night ( Read more... )

Couple of cute things about the babe ( Read more... )

Exciting moment to document tonight - Simon's very first meaningful communication! I was feeding him some mushed up turkey and rice for dinner (hush up, he normally loves it), and he made the "milk" sign with his right hand. I thought, "Okay, he's been making that sign a lot while eating lately, could just be habit." So I said "Right, Simon, ( Read more... )

Tonight's happy thought makes me glow inside whenever I think about it. Tonight, I think that Simon was trying to figure out how to give me a kiss. I would smooch his cheeks and he'd giggle, and then he would...how do I even describe this? He would kind of bonk his head forward so that his face (nose, lips) was smooshed into my cheek. And then ( Read more... )

The good news for today is that Simon is okay.

The bad news is that for a while, we weren't sure he was. ( Medical details under here )