my kid is funny!

This morning started off with our alarm clock (Xander) waking us up at 6:35. There is no snooze button on that one, but ignoring him sometimes works as a snooze. It didn't work this morning so Amanda suggested we to go to 7:30 mass. Might as well, everybody's up.

We forgot how quiet it is at 7:30 mass. Do you know how quiet 7:30 mass is? It is so quiet that when a belch is burped, it echos off of the tabernacle.

We've been getting better at keeping him quiet during mass; but I felt like we were on high alert at this mass because we were trying extra hard keep him quiet. It went pretty well through the first 2 readings. By the time the homily rolled around we were watching him take handfuls of goldfish and shoving them into his mouth and trying to keep the mess to a minimum. After communion he decided to start saying 'hi' to everyone. Of course, given how quiet it was and the fact that he has only one volume setting it was heard across the church. That was then followed by more burping from speed eating goldfish. Which, as you may suspect, echoed off of the tabernacle.

However, despite all this, we didn't have to leave to the quiet room. He was complemented by a stranger on his good behavior --incredible! He hasn't received one of those in a while so we soaked it up and enjoyed it.

Yesterday we had a great time watching the nature channel together. I was laying on the couch and he sat on my belly for a good 10 minutes. That had to be a sitting still record. It had to be.

He has been throwing his toys down the cat door once in a while. However now he follows it by trying to go down the cat door himself. It doesn't work, but it's really cute. We've taught him to get on his belly when he goes down the stairs; so he gets on his belly and tries to go feet first through the cat door. Then at some point he keeps trying and crawls backwards down the hallway distancing himself from the basement door. Hysterical!



He is starting to be a little boundary tester too. Standing up on the couch, standing on the furniture, taking dvds out of the dvd player. It seems that on the weekends when I'm home all day all I say is "Sit down! Don't touch!" over and over again.

And in other news, we are excited about the new baby. Amanda says she is starting to feel Enchilada moving around. The pregnant hot/cold flashes seem to be gone. The belly is getting bigger and more noticible. I'm not allowed to take pictures this time. Maybe I'll be allowed to get one or two one of these days.