Tossing and Turning

This is seriously how he sleeps. I took these within 24 hours of one another... this one is nap time...

...and this one is bed time. Isn't he cute?! And he does this himself. It's so strange!

Is that a Tail?

I think I see a tail.... I'm not sure...

but I do think that I may have a baby primate...

all he does is climb!

Mr. Universe

One tooth, two tooth, sharp tooth, new tooth

We have another tooth! Now the set is complete, and Remus and Romulous are thrilled to be reunited in the outside world once again. I tried to get a pic, but can only get a good one of Remus-- Romulous is still sore and elusive. Hooray for teeth-- the better to bite me with. D'oh!

Jail Bait

Thank God for these baby gates! He likes them, too. I keep wanting to dress him as he hamburglar and take his pis through the gates, but I don't have time to find a costume.

Baby Black and Blue

So, as previously mentioned, Finn is into crawling, climbing, and falling. The latter of which tends to leave him rather bruised up. He falls so often, I often wonder if he is doing significant damage to his nut. I have a theory I'd like to share... I think I know why humans only use 10% of their brains. It's because he hit our heads so much when we're learning to walk that we're all brain damaged. I'm not sure if I can get someone to study my hypothesis or not, but I think there might be something to it.

Anyway, he ALWAYS has bruises on his head and legs, but I thought I'd share his second shiner with you. Of course, it's four days old now, and almost healed-- but it was the result of a head on collision with the bathtub while standing. You can't see them here, but he actually has two other fading bruises on his forehead right now. I'm not taking him in public for a while, for fear someone will call DCFS.

Creepy

This picture reminds me of Poltergeist when that blonde, meatball-headed girl stares at the TV screen. Look closely... can you find what is creepy in this picture?

Of course, it's only the dogs' eyes reflecting back at me in the night, but it kind of looks like a bunch of spooks. Deliciously creepy.

Hand me my grappling hook, please...

Well, I am beginning to wonder if Finn is a baby, or a monkey. He climbs all over everything all the time!!!! And of course, with climbing, comes falling--which he does at LEAST four times each day.

His favorite is to climb something and then smash at it with both fists while screaming in triumph.

And he always seems to zero in on something dangerous, and it takes him a very short time to get to it and try to smash it. Right now my ears are my best parenting asset-- as soon as it's quiet, I know he's on the move and I'd better find him before he breaks, eats, or ruins something important.

He can also stand on his own, and walk along things with no assistance. I give it a month before he's walking, and I rue the day!!! I can barely keep up with him now!!!

Random Life Pics

Well, we went to the park to try out the swings, but he's still way too little. I had to put a pillow behind him so he would even fit, and as you can see, he wasn't all that into it.

He was quite frightened, actually, and the same goes for the slide. The best thing for him at the park right now, is watching the other kids!

Why buy baby toys when a simple roll of toilet paper is all they need?

Oh, and the diaper box is excellent for floor surfing.

Mmmmm..... ginger snaps...

Mommy, I want to play, too! Look at those eyes!

I'm not sure how he got in there, but here is my rambunctious little boy trapped in a garbage can. This one makes laugh a lot.

Oh, and I put this here for Tom. His worst fear is birds, especially big ones.

Hurricane, I mean storm damge

Seriously, he is so freaking sexy in those overalls.

So, these are a few of the pics I took for the insurance to document the flood damage we took on during the crazy storms of late. Oh, and my house isn't really this messy-- we rent out our basement. Sorry if I'm rude, but I'm also a neat freak!!!

I think you'll be as shocked as we were to see how much garbage was created!

And I should add, to all of you with a finished basement, you MUST get the add-on sump failure rider to your insurance, otherwise flood damage isn't covered. And if anyone is unhappy with their insurance, ours is Country and I LOVE them. Despite extensive area-wide damage (the worst since 1967, according to Tom Skilling), they were out within a week of the claim and wrote me a check in full for my policy coverage amount-- they even credited us our deductible since Tom had to remove the carpet before they arrived due to mold. I'm a big fan. Yeah! time for new carpet!