Coo Coo Cuckoo

First, in honor of my daddy, Happy (Belated) Veterans Day. He served our country and I am very proud of him and all of our other veterans, past and present.

I definitely keep mom and dad on their toes with all my new developments. I started cooing a couple weeks ago and can be pretty vocal when I’m in the mood to chit chat. So mom and I have a conversation each morning where she tells me what we’re doing for the day. We usually don’t stick to the original plan. Apparently my nap schedule and my ever-changing moods disrupt our plans. But we still get out of the house a lot and see lots of things. Our latest favorite activity is to go walking at the mall. And if I fall asleep, I think mom does some shopping as I seem to come home with a new outfit each time we go. Mom makes me take a nap in my crib before she will take me to the mall. I do like to sleep in my car seat, especially this time of year when I get all bundled up in a warm coat and my cool new hat (see picture). So I usually only sleep 30-60 minutes in my crib and then let mom know I’m ready to go. What a sucker!

My new best friend is my dog Jesse. When I’m cranky, mom calls Jesse over and I usually will stop crying so I can watch what he is doing. I think he burps as much as I do. Pretty soon, I will have to start blaming my gas on him and maybe nobody will be the wiser…

A few other faves include sucking my fists ALL THE TIME! I don’t mouth a lot of my toys yet as my fists work just fine to suck on as demonstrated in one of the pictures. I am starting to enjoy my rattle and will occasionally grab it, but then I usually drop it so I can suck on my fists. I still like kicking, especially when I’m on my play mat because I have a kick board on one side that makes music when I kick it. When I’m playing, the music is constantly playing as I am always kicking the board. That is unless mom turns the music off on me when she’s had enough of the same songs over and over and over again. I am becoming more of a fan of classical music as that is what I get to listen to when I am put to sleep at night and for naps. Mom even has a CD of a string quartet playing REM songs so I still get my REM fix once in a while at night.

I attended my second wedding last weekend. I was very well behaved and stayed quiet the whole ceremony this time. I got to see two of my aunts and uncles as well as Grandpa and Grandma Kruepke and two of my great-grandmas. In case you couldn't tell, I'm the dapper young man being held by daddy in the picture. I even dressed up for the occasion.

I suppose I should fess up about the bald spot on the back of my head. I know I’m a bit young to be balding, but there is a perfectly good explanation for it. Because I’m not allowed to sleep on my tummy and I’m not a huge fan of tummy time so I only stay on my tummy about 15 minutes a day, I spend a lot of time either laying on my back or sitting with my head against a head rest in my swing, bouncy chair or car seat. As a result, I have a bald spot on the back of my head because I can’t sit or lay still so I’m constantly moving and rubbing the hair right off of my head. Eventually my hair will fall out and grow back in and hopefully by then I’ll be sitting up on my own and not always leaning and rubbing against stuff.

Here is a funny story for you (at least I think it’s funny – you’ll have to ask my mom if she agrees). One of my new favorite games is airplane Mommy puts me on her lower legs and lifts her legs so I fly in the air. She had the bright idea to play this game shortly after I ate. She also had her mouth open because she was making airplane noises. Let’s just say, my spit up bomb landed only about a centimeter away from mom’s mouth. That would have been a tasty treat I’m sure. I think she learned her lesson as I noticed a spit cloth nearby when we play and she doesn’t play this game right after a feeding anymore.

I think I made up for my spit up bomb last night. While mom and dad were getting me ready for bed, we were talking. Mom imitated a sound I made and I found her imitation pretty funny. So I laughed. She imitated my laugh and I laughed again. They got pretty excited both times I laughed so I’m pretty sure I have them smitten with me even more. Man are they easy to please. I just have to make some new noise or do something new and they get all gaa gaa over me. Chumps!

Finally, my mom’s coworker Laura asked me to let the world know I was actually awake for her visit last week. This is a first since I tend to sleep through all of mom’s trips into the office and I slept through Laura’s first visit to us. I was not the greatest host that particular day as I was only pleasant for about 15 minutes, then I needed to eat, then I was good again until I pooped. Then I was good again once I was changed. At least this is how she described her visit. My story is I was good the whole time.

Wow, guess I had a lot to say. Mom says I’m a talker and now you know why. I think I take after mommy and Grandpa Brian in that sense.

Love,
Cameron