Laugh, and the world laughs with you

TT is laughing! He doesn't do it often, but when he does, it is awesome. He takes a little while to get going: "He...He He...He..." and then he will do a couple of good giggles in a row. I love it. I absolutely love it. I am hoping that because TT is becoming more and more interactive, Buddance will start to take more interest in him. Bud is great with TT, but I think having TT react to something that Bud does will really seal the deal.

The only specific thing I can think of that makes TT laugh is J making fart noises. I remember Bud smiling at the fart noises as well. My boys...all about the potty humor. Speaking of...remember the days when I used to use the bathroom without a 2 1/2 foot tall audience? Me too. Those days were pretty awesome.

Completely sweetly

Watching Buddance put his little stuffed Lammie on the table, take off his bib, and then gently place his bib around Lammie's neck, so Lammie could eat lunch, was totally, 100% heartwarming.

RAAAARRRR!

That was Bud on Friday night, celebrating his first Halloween as the cutest lion you have ever seen, roaring his way down the street to various houses. It was touch and go as to whether or not he would actually wear the costume, but when the night arrived, I threw it on him as if he were just changing into a different outfit and he didn't protest at all, which was shocking.

We went to pick up J from work and start our evening, and J made a comment about Bud's costume. Like I mentioned, I literally threw the suit on him, pants were crooked, one foot was hanging out, the other tucked up under the material, the top half of his costume wasn't fastened, the arms looked too long, half the upper part of suit was sitting on him crookedly, he looked a little dishevelled to say the least. Watching Bud walk to the car J commented that "Larry the homeless lion" needed to hold his Daddy's hand and I lost it because Bud truly did look like a little homeless lion at that point.

We went and trick or treated at a neighborhood where several good friends live so they could all see Bud and TT. Bud was a little unsure of what to do at first, but he slowly got into knocking on doors and holding up his little pillowcase (Momma was a slacker and never found a pumpkin basket in time for the festivities). Bud didn't even realize that what he was getting was candy (he never had chocolate until that night), I think he just thought he was picking out brightly colored little toys. We only went to about eight houses, and by the time we were done Bud was really starting to love the experience and didn't want the night to end. TT ended up sleeping through his first Halloween, but his cute little pumpkin slippers were so sweet sticking out from the bottom of the Bjorn.

We had such a fun night and I am already excited about next year when both boys will be able to go out together begging for treats.

Cuter than cute is cute

TT is smiling now and it is wonderful to see, I am so excited that his personality is beginning to emerge and we are seeing glimpses of what a sweet boy he is. I love to tickle one of his many chins so I can see a big, gummy, toothless grin take over his face. The cuteness of his smiles slays me every time, I love it!

There are other good things happening too, but those things have nothing to do with how well he is beginning to sleep at night, nor do they have anything to do with the length of time he is sleeping. (You see that? I am not tempting fate or jinxing myself, because I am not writing about anything remotely related to TT's GOOD sleeping.)