Applesauce Eyes

Thaddeus is so funny when he eats (what 13 month old isn't?) !! Whenever he doesn't want something you're trying to feed him, he swipes his hands all over the place in an effort to keep you from being able to put it in his mouth. Then if you actually do get it in there he will gag and stick out his tongue to get it out! Although there are times where he does it for the entire meal, sometimes it is even with food that he was enjoying just a moment before, and sometimes he starts enjoying it again if you just wait a minute!

This morning he was cracking me up. I was feeding him applesauce, which he was enjoying, but he decided he'd had enough, so he started flailing his arms all around in front of his face. The funny part was that he was squeezing his eyes shut, fully expecting something to hit him in the eye! Its a testament to how often that actually happens. When he went to open his eyes, it was as if they were stuck shut and he was mentally prying them open slowly; he was so convinced he was going to get something in them.

Yay! Cuteness!!!

Poor little Thaddeus is sick tonight, all bright with fever. We took pity on the little guy when he cried instead of going to sleep at bedtime, and "just this once" he was allowed to come downstairs with us to fall asleep on Nathan at the computer, which he loves to do. Nathan watched a video on utube of a guy playing "Indiana Jones" on the organ. At the end there was applause, and...

...Thaddeus clapped along with them!

Now Nathan is watching SNL clips and Thad is clapping along with the audience for that, too. The sound of the fat little hands patting together couldn't be any cuter!!! And the proud smile on his little face tops it all off. He's delightful!

Born on My Birthday

I had a conversation with Callia in the car on the way to Maegen's house yesterday about how Cambric is going to be born soon. Callia asked when she was born and I told her, April 5th, 2003. She said "April 5th! My birthday is in April!," so I told her "That's why your birthday is on April 5th, because you were born that day." The expression I saw her make next in the rearview mirror was so adorable and it said "Ohhh, thats an incredibly deep concept, but I get it." It made me smile. She's a smart kid.

Callia loves Mario

Today Callia and I were at the computer and she was playing Mario 64. After playing for a bit, I noticed that she was just sitting there not touching the controller, and just staring at the screen. When I asked what she was doing, she replied "I don't want to wake Mario up. He's sleeping." It's funny how different kids see the world.

Chick-fil-A Fun!

Thaddeus is really getting around now, and he and Callia are having a ball testing out his skills on the Chick-fil-A playground! We love Chick-fil-A because the employees are always cheerful, they play Christian music, and they keep their playground fairly clean. Thaddeus loves it because we let him crawl around. :)

In these first two pictures you can see Thaddeus pulling up, the third one is Callia with stick-on earrings all over her face, and the last two show how happy Thad is to be crawling.

Gettin' Around

Thaddeus is pulling up now. He pulled up for the first time a little less than two weeks ago when he crawled over to me (which was a first for crawling to a destination and I was thinking "I should blog that"), and pulled up on the couch. The next day he did it in his crib. Now he is doing it all over the place, and he was standing at the edge of my chair just a moment ago when I decided I'd finally just DO IT and blog about it. :)

I'm not sure how to say when he first started crawling. I think it was just three or four weeks ago that he first crawled a little but as I said it was a little under two weeks ago that he went anywhere with a destination.

I'm sure he could have done any of it much sooner but he's a pretty laid back little guy and would rather just wait to move until his mama carries him somewhere. Until now.

Second tooth

Thad cut his second tooth today! It was the top one on the left side, directly above his first tooth. Usually babies cut their second bottom tooth before cutting their first top tooth, but Thad is not worried about being like everyone else. :)

I probably wouldn't have even noticed it, but the doctor was checking to see if that may be part of the reason why he isn't sleeping. And there it was! A little hard line in his gums.