Nolan News

The goofy look is because he has just filled both of his cheeks with what amounted to an entire half pear- the chunks just kept being inserted until he couldn't close his mouth to chew. Winter storage? He'd never done that before so I surmised that he likes pears.

The News
This just in....getting out of the crib by himself! And toddling adorably out of the bedroom (past the top of the stairs, where we have not yet found a baby gate that will fit) , to where Evadnie (our nanny) was helpfully cleaning up the upstairs bathroom, where he walked up behind her and said "Hi!!" and scared her to bits because he was
a) supposed to be napping
b) not supposed to be able to get out of the crib.
New security measures underway as we speak....

Other amusing things:

Drinking bathwater out of his bath bucket and then gleefully yelling "Auuchhk!" just the way his Daddy does (when Nolan drinks bathwater.)

Carrying a can of tuna around for the better part of an hour, including making a break for it up the stairs several times. Why he wanted the tuna upstairs remains a mystery.

Yelling TOES!!! TOES!!! and grabbing my toes. And pointing out noses and mouths fairly consistently on Mommy and Daddy and Nolan. He doesn't know for sure who Nolan is though, I think. Maybe because I call him my sweet bugaboo, Bunkers, and, weirdly, cause where did THAT come from, my Babazoo. (Try this to the tune of Oh Christmas Tree- "My babazoo, my babazoo, how funny are your faces".)

Running in circles around the kitchen island with me "chasing him" until I reverse and appear in front of him as he rounds the corner. Shrieks! Giggles! More shrieks! Staggering with laughter! Again! Again!!! Again!!!!! (gasp)

Pulling up my shirt repeatedly when I was wearing a Tshirt and no bra around the house and saying a fond "petabo"- that's peekaboo in Nolan- and lunging forward to nurse. The weaning is almost done but I think he has a lot of fondness for nursing....

Sitting in his highchair loudly declaiming, proclaiming, and announcing at TOP VOLUME! Because he is an IMPORTANT PERSONAGE- JUST LISTEN!!! SEE??! I AM LOUD!!! This is spoken in fluent Nolan, with breaks to conversationally point at the light above the table. "At, at."