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- He tugs on his ear when he's trying to get comfortable
- He really is fantastically happy to see you after you've been away for any stretch of time. This is like all out bliss for daddy, but this also extends to open-my-mouth-as-wide-as-I-can happy when he sees me out of the car window when I go to unstrap him from his carseat after a five minute ride home from the library.
- He loves high objects. The clock on the wall, the fan pull-cord, tapping on the monkey bars, picture frames, whatever he can convince you into lifting him up to.
- Really, really likes to eat--especially marshmallows and donuts (which probably says something about my parenting... fyi, he doesn't eat these things often)
- Loves to bounce
- Curiosity often beats out fear--for instance he is terrified of the vacuum cleaner, but will pull his head out of daddy's shoulder in bursts to investigate it at the same time.
- He loves old ladies. And old ladies love him. "Well hello pretty baby" (apparently maturity leads all women to refer to dinobaby as "pretty" which is endearing) to which he responds by babbling happily.
- When he gets worried after exploring independently for awhile he'll sit up and look around the room for me. When he finds me, he stretches his hand towards me and says something like "adooo." I repeat this back to him as I point at him. He smiles, and then he repeats the process a few times. After a few pointing exchanges he's ready to take on the world again.
- He likes to sit in doorways and open and close the door, just for the challenge of it
- He loves to be swung, wrestled, tossed, rolled, tickled, etc
- He plays peek-a-boo with the baby gate or his crib by holding onto the top rail and alternating between crouching and standing
These are all of his quirks, but they'll suffice for now. I'll get a new month update soon-ish, but I need to take some more pictures first.
