At the Chop Shoppe

Dexter and I took a ride to visit Daddy at work today. He got to sit in a hot rod and fly around with the Flying V's.

Chapin Hall Picnic

Ben, Dexter, and I had a wonderful time with the Chapin Hall gang at the annual picnic today. Dexter was passed around to friends old and new and couldn't have been cheerier about socializing.

Old MacDonald Bites The Farm

Dinnertime Distractions

Daddy is looking at Dexter, Dexter is looking at My Bologna, My Bologna is looking at Mommy and there's not much eating going on.

Number 4

The top left tooth poked through overnight and it looks like 2 more on top are ready to pop. No wonder last night was difficult. The nice thing about it was that, after a couple weeks of good sleep, I actually enjoyed getting up to comfort Dexter. I kind of missed all that rocking and singing to sleep (not that I'd want to go back to him needing it all night every night). I felt like a real Mommy knowing that I was providing some real comfort to my poor baby.

Come To Ma Ma!

Despite his lack of vocabulary, Dexter is able to easily communicate what he wants with gestures and expressions. One of his "communications" is raising his arms and squealing to be picked up. Today I thought I'd encourage him to crawl by saying, "Come to Ma Ma!" Dexter reached forward only to be blocked by My Bologna who has known how to "come to Ma Ma" for many years and still does so with exuberance and love.

Beat It

Today at Wiggleworms, the kids got to play a big drum. Dexter loved it so much, we couldn't tear him away from it. He was surprisingly rhythmic in his playing!