Cute
Andrea forgot to mention just how cute he is. It takes him about 10 minutes to fully wake up from a nap. First he sorta smacks his lips and maybe a leg kick or two. A couple minutes will pass then a couple more lip smacks, a grunt and his breathing gets heavier. After a few more minutes of that he begins to streeeeeeeeeeetch, nearly contorting himself backwards like some hungarian gymnast, and his eyes finally open. All the while he's grunting, smacking lips, cooing and breathing heavy, and generally being so cute that teddy bears openly weep. Once his eyes are open though we have 2 minutes before he becomes "demanding."

Yesterday was great because he wasn't fussy for a little while in the afternoon and we just hung out together. At one point I looked down at him and sang a little Dean Martin, "Everybody loves somebody, sometiiiiime" in my best lounge lizard voice and he cracked up. He gave me a great big smile and repeated it for a couple more renditions so his momma could see his bright beautiful smile.

He's holding his head up so well. We've totally worn out our joke, "You hold your head up like a man TWICE your age," but he really is amazing to watch. The only thing is, his noodle neck strikes without warning. He gets his head up and does so well looking around that he gets a little excited and gets on his wonder face, "oooooooooooo," then POW! faceplant right into my shoulder or Zaaaaang... backwards until we catch him. Much crying ensues.

We also have a buncha names for him already. My fave is Cheeky-Monkey, but we also use Bright Eyes (monkey theme?) for when he first wakes up and Bear when he gets a little too ornery. I constantly ask him who is the ace number one son around here, but he has yet to answer.

Nana has had good luck lulling him with Old McDonald. My voice being so frenetically disturbing, I try not to sing very often, so I rely on the stereo and lucked into finding a CD that works wonders. Chris Isaak's Baja Sessions. He has the smoothest voice this side of a Memphis tombstone, and his low key delivery and guitar are hypnotic. Now, I've loved this CD for years, but Evan has truely made it his own. He has to be a little tired for it to work, we can't just throw it in for any old fussy, but if he's wailing because he's tired, by track 5 he's out everytime. Needless to say, we are so thankful for this gem, but since we listen to it 10 times a day, after he outgrows this colic, we will thankful NEVER to listen to it again.

He's cute all of the time. Can I say that? Am I gonna be THAT kind of parent? I guess so because I am also an honest person and honostly, he is CUTE and ADORABLE and LOVING and AMAZING and....