name that tune

The best part is in the middle of the video when it becomes a sad song, so sad it makes Maddie start crying. But then the second time around it picks up again and ends happy.

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will make an awesome father someday

they will not always be this short

messy

happy

trying out his baby in our new water sling

trying out our new baby in water

spoon...the new spatula

nothing like some fresh air

ready to start modeling for calvin klein

can no longer be tracked

The other day, Elliott brought Bear over to me and demanded, "Bear. Tag. Cut off. Scissors." I knew exactly what he meant but was unsure of his understanding of the repercussions of this action. I tried to distract him, but he insisted that Bear's tag be cut off. Why? It is unclear, but his conviction reminded me of when I was younger (not as young as Elliott though) and was convinced that if I cut the tags off my stuffed animals, they would become real. I don't think that this was what Elliott had in mind though because he was quite satisfied after the deed was done, whereas I was deeply, sadly, disappointed.

And before you can even begin to ask, yes, the two Bear clones hiding in my closet met the same fate later that night.

needs to work on his game...

The other day, Elliott tried to hug two little girls while we were out and about. Each time, he just walked right up to the girl without having interacted with her before and said, "hug" while extending his arms. They both were a little taken aback. I told him he probably should start out with, 'Hi, you come here often?"

maddie is 3 months old today

Last night, Maddie got up only once and then didn't wake up again until 6:30 am (which is late for her). She then battled with Elliott over who could nap longer (they napped at the same time leaving me with no kids to entertain for over 2 and a half hours) and ended the day strong by laughing for the first time when I tickled her. It was cloudy out today, but for me, the sun couldn't have shined any brighter.

sums it up nicely

Maddie managed to get poop in her belly button today. That pretty much sums up our life since I last posted.

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