A mother's instinct

Last night we took Caleb to Parent's Night Our at church.  After we went to dinner, we hung out in the church lobby for a bit.  Around the corner we saw the 4-seater buggy coming down the hall with Caleb and the other kids.  We decided to duck out of sight so he wouldn't see us.  While we were hiding, I peeked my head out to see him.  And do you know what I saw?  The girl next to him was holding his hand and biting his fingers!!!  And it looked like she was really chomping down!  I couldn't believe he was just sitting there watching her bite his fingers.  I wanted to jump out and tell the nursery worker, but I guessed if he was really bothered he would cry or make a fuss.

I'm sure this is just the beginning of wanting to protect him - from mean kids or bullies and such.  You never want bad things done or said to your kid. 

We even captured the evidence on David's cell phone.  The quality isn't good, but you can see it.  To protect the innocent, the nursery worker's face has been altered.

Hee hee.  This is all done in fun.  Nobody was harmed.  And the funny thing is, I know the parents of the little girl.

Proud mother alert

Ok, I know all parents think their kid is a genius.  I think it comes from watching them learn new things, which is so fascinating.  It really is remarkable that after being on this planet for just a year, they pick up so much.  And having no other frame of reference for other children's learning abilities, I think, "Wow, he is so smart!" (although, I'm sure he is just an average kid, but don't burst my bubble.  hehe).

His newest thing that amazes me is when he is playing with his books on his bookshelf.  I'll say, "Can you find the book that says..." and then I'll start reciting the book.  (I'm sure I have at least 20 children's books completely memorized by now.  That happens from reading them every day for a year.)  Well, this smart kiddo will hear me reciting the book, and he'll search the bookshelf and find the right one!  Seriously!  Do they have scholarships for this stuff?  Because I'm amazed.

It's also fun to hear him say new words.  I don't think I can count mama and dada as his first words.  He's been babbling those for a long time, and it's hard to know when he actually started understanding the meaning of them.
But as of right now, his vocabulary consists of:
ball - "bah"
car - "kah"  He makes a car noise whenever he sees one or plays with one.  It sounds like growling.  :)
puppy - "puh-puh" or "buh-buh"
baby - actually sounds like baby
hi/hey - makes his voice go from high to low like we do

I think he tries to say other words as he point to objects, but it usually ends up sounding like one of the words above.

And because every post is better with a picture: