…I mean, I completely LOVE it. My belly hurts quite often from all the laughter that goes on around here.
When I was pregnant, I tried to read as much as I could about pregnancy, childbirth, and babies. And (it seemed) everyone and their brother had parenting advice to pass on.
So why didn’t anyone ever tell me how hilarious things would be?
Or am I the only one who finds baby toots unbelievably hilarious?
Ok. Come on. Admit it.
Someone? Please?
I’ve even embarrassed myself over it before. For instance, I was in Walmart the other day and Jack tooted and smiled. Well, forgetting where I am, I smiled back at him and said “woo hoo! what a good toot son! You’re such a good tooter.”
I mean, that’s what every self-respecting momma would do, right?
Right?
No?
Well, at least I didn’t say what Kevin says – “C’mon son, you can do better than that.”
Outside of the boyish body noise humor that is abundant around here, Jack-Evan seems to keep me laughing at other times during the day as well.
The way he stretches (and let’s not even get started on the stetching toots!)….
When he tries to eat his big toe…
The way he can fall asleep anywhere, anytime, anyplace and anyhow…
How he looks in his baby sling…
When he lifts and “holds” both his legs up so I can change his diaper…
The way he shakes his head back and forth and then “dives” into his spoon…
When he wakes up in the morning, talking non-stop gibberish, and looking at me so solemnly that you just KNOW he KNOWS what he is saying…
How he insists on doing “the motor boat” (aka raspberry) whilst gumming on a mouthful of rice cereal…
His huge, toothless grins…
His happiness in being able to “stand up” (with help from someone, of course)…
The way he loves watching Popeye the Sailor Man with my dad (oh yes, believeit…I went there…my child watches TV before he has even turned 2!)…
And when he starts laughing……..for no apparent reason. (Does anyone have a 4 month old that does this???)
Jack was snoozing on my lap earlier this evening and he woke up suddenly and smiled at me. I smiled back, and he broke out into the heartiest baby guffaw you’ve ever heard. That, of course, made me laugh…hard. And me laughing..hard…made him laugh…harder. And that just started the whole cycle over again.
I never figured out what we were laughing at, and a few minutes later, Jack smiled lazily at me, closed his eyes, and fell back to sleep.
Sometimes I feel like I get nothing done around here because all I want to do is watch him and play with him.
Maybe it’s just because I have a huge child in me, yearning to break out….*shrug*…but I find parenting to be a very fun adventure. In fact, I daresay, I have found that the good times have by far outweighed any bad times I have had as a new parent.
What about you??
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