The M&M Story

DSC00020 Originally uploaded by Maynor . He's just turned it on. That's why he's so happy. Big brother's still a little nervious around vacs, but not B.

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DSC00007 Originally uploaded by Maynor . Lots of smoke, no fire. We've since given up for now, and will wait for renewed interest.

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Last Thursday, B suddenly started saying Da-da. Since Thursday, he's started waving (and sometimes saying) bye-bye, and saying Maaaa (for his big brother), and uh-oh. All in three days! B had gotten a little low on the weight chart (he was sick, and then started crawling) so we’ve been feeding him calories galore for the past week—-maybe chubbiness is the key to verbal brilliance!! At this point (10-11 months) M was about to say his first words (yellow, banana, mama) and then forget them and all other words for another six months. Like his verbal groundhog had seen his shadow and disappeared. Come to think of it, M was the King of Chub, so that’s a dubious connection. Maybe the key to verbal brilliance is front teeth. B sure has those.

(crossing his arms, pooching out his lip) My mad to you, daddy.

1. Amen, Aaaymen, AAAymen, ABCDE, ABCDA--men, Aaamen, ABCDE, ABCDAaaa--men 2. (upon bringing me a laundry basket like the one that he was wearing) Our have two baskets on our heads Our have two baskets on our heads Our have two baskets on our heads (repeat while marching around the house)