LOBSTER WORLD

"The world is my lobster."

-Henry J. Tillman

And this little lobster has become our world...

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LOVE IS...

Love is...letting you eat the tops off all the broccoli and me eating your leftover stems.  I like broccoli tops and so do you. 

SNACK TIME

Lucy and Quincy have an all new appreciation for you these days.  Something tells me it has nothing to do with how cute you are.

PRECIOUS

PAT THE BUNNY

Your newest word this week is book, or "booo" as you like to call it.  You enjoy grabbing a book, running up to me or your dad and coyly saying "booo," while raising it to us.  At that point, how could we not drop what we're doing and read the book to you?  Unfortunately for us, you realize this too and after the book is read from cover to cover, you pick it up, give us the big puppy-dog eye look, say "booo" and wave it in our face again for another round of story time.  A vicious cycle.  Today I managed to read Pat The Bunny to you 4 times in a row.  4 TIMES IN A ROW.  I now see why parents have so many story books memorized. 

SAY CHEESE

When you started eating solid food, Dr. Purcell said to feed you whatever we eat.  We may have taken her advice to the extreme.  During snack times across America, babies are munching on processed cheese slices or string cheese.  Not you.  You've developed a palate for some of the finer artisan cheeses out there...Rogue Creamery Blue, 2-year old cheddars, Irish Dubliner, and gouda to name a few.  Oh, and don't forget the French style marinated olives to pair with them, that you enjoy so much.

So, it took you a little while to warm up to your birthday cake.  But, seeing as how you don't seem to have a sweet tooth and definitely have a preference for salty things, I shouldn't have been surprised.  Maybe if I'd sprinkled it in salt, instead of chocolate crinkles, you would have been all over it.