MOW!

...So I missed a week. That's okay though, right? I feel like things have been so busy lately but when I reflect back on the month or week or day I can't even remember what I did! Everything is about the same here--still doing life. Just want to share the latest and greatest "THAYEN EVENTS" with ya'll.

One of Thayen's first audibly understandable words: "NO!" Well, actually it sounds more like "Mow," with the "ow" making the sound like in "ouch", but he definitely means no. Great. He says this whenever we tell him no; more often in response to Tim's firm tone. It goes something like this:

Baby sticks hand in VCR.

Mommy calmly says, "Thayen, no no."

Baby looks at her, pulls hand out of VCR, smiles at her, and puts hand back in VCR.

Daddy gets down on floor next to Baby, takes his hand, holds it firmly and says, "Thayen, NO."

Baby struggles to get hand free, scrunches face and snorts several times through nose.

Daddy releases Baby's hand.

Baby shouts at Daddy, "MOW!" and takes a swing at him.

Repeat.

Fun, fun! We need to catch it on video now because it's cute (I am sure, however that this will quickly become "not so cute" before too long).

Yesterday Thayen had fun with his lunch. I put olives on his fingers and he thought that was just the coolest thing. When I tried to take them off he quickly pulled his hand away and shoved as many olives as he could in his mouth. Before he gagged and spit them all out, I had to snap a few pictures.

Then I had to take this picture of the boys "vegging". Must have been something good on TV.

Finally, I'll sign off leaving you with a special one of Your's Truly. I'd like to say it is a rare occasion to catch me in such an atrocity of an outfit but, sadly, this is typical for a day of housework & baby raising. Wuddya think? Tim is one lucky man.