"Oh Man, You Caught Me!"

That look says it all.

Gerret at 11 Months

Unbelievable.  That's what I think.  What happened to that little baby of mine?  He's so grown up and so active (makes it hard to get a good photo of him...)  Now for some random ramblings about the Pookster:  He eats pretty much everything we eat.  He has a bad habit of rubbing food in his hair when a)He is finished eating or b)He doesn't like what you're trying to feed him.  He is suddenly interested in watching Curious George with Nolan.  He likes to color with crayons (and does an astounding job of it, I might add).  He took a bath (more like he played naked) in one side of the kitchen sink while I did dishes in the other side today.  Thank goodness for double basin sinks!  It worked out well for both of us, we may try it again sometime. His hair curls a lot when it gets wet.  It's also getting pretty long and shaggy looking........ He gets hurt in some small way pretty much every day.  To keep him from hurting himself, I would seriously have to carry him around all day or strap him to something.  So, hopefully he gradually becomes less dangerous.  He graduated to 12 month clothes.  It's crazy to see him in clothes that Nolan was still wearing when Gerret was born!  This kid definitely has something on Nolan as far as size goes.  They'll be in the same clothes by the time they're in elementary school.  He copies all sorts of sounds and words and actions.  I don't know if he understands totally what he's saying, but he does say "dada" and something like "dawdaw" when he points at pictures of dogs on the wall.  He has an infectious laugh and those big dark brown eyes and dimples and oh man, he's just so awful cute.  Sometimes, all I can think is, where did this kid come from?  He couldn't be mine!  Other times, when he's being Baby Crankypants, all I can think is, where did this kid come from?  Take him back!
Most of the time, though, he's a really good boy and a really good climber.  He likes adventure.  I don't know where he gets it from.


Now for these dumb pictures.   The light was nice and that happens so infrequently these days, that I thought I would capitalize on it.  I really only wanted 1 picture of 11 month old Gerret, but it had to be good.  Nolan thought he would get in on the action.  That would have been fine with me, if Gerret would have cooperated.  Like I said, I was only interested in a good picture of 11 month old Gerret.  In my book, that means the audience has ample opportunity to acknowledge how  endearing those eyes are.... and it's focused, and the light is good, and nothing is going too wrong (like boogers, too much food on the face, too much belly showing, distracting background, etc.)  And so, he just would not look up.  When he finally did, I got this:

Picture Halloween