Here are some of Jack's latest tricks:
* He knows how to sing along with his favorite lullaby. Well, not really sing, but at least hum. He seems to have a range of only one note right now-- but it's the cutest thing. He only does it for his nighttime song, too. We did an experiment in the car tonight and he only hummed when I sang or hummed "mommy loves her baby," no other songs.
* He loves peekaboo and will play it with any fabric he can get his hands on. He played with a pair of socks the other day, balancing them on his eyes and then giggling when we pulled them off.
* He has learned to "high five" with some practice over the last 3 days. Today he high-fived a guy at Starbucks who was saying hi to him. Now, to teach him to wave. Then he'll be freakin irresistable.
* I believe we can in fact describe him as "mobile"-- he just doesn't move in a traditional forward direction, or crawl. But he can make it an impressive distance across a room in a short amount of time, just with his reaching, going onto his knees, sitting back up routine. We have started the baby proofing-- the first of the outlet covers are in place in the playroom, as little man can now make his way to the wall when put down in the middle of the room. He is getting close to being able to pull up to stand on chair legs, and can rock back and forth on his knees.
* He's becoming more vocal. We hear distinct "mom' and "dad" sounds come out of him but I don't think they are intentional most of the time.
* He loves clapping and will do it spontaneously to show his excitement.
* He still loves being upside down and up in the air. He also loves the wind, and any animals. Tonight at the pet store he LOVED the cage of parakeets and the parrot.
* He is an amazingly huggable, soft, perfect little creature.
* He has perfected this smug little smile, all-knowing crinkly eyes, corners of his mouth turned up like the cat who ate the canary. It makes me want to gobble him up.
* He puts up with my constant kissing with great patience.
It staggers me to realize how much he has changed. I was thinking today about the first time I took him in to school, when he was about 3 weeks old. I remembered the schnazzy way his stroller looked, with his infant carrier hooked on to it. And how we put so much thought into how that would work, so much planning for that set-up-- and we used it for such a tiny slice of time. It seems like years ago that he fit in that little carrier, floppy little rag-doll of a baby. And it was a lifetime ago that I was pregnant! It was amazing to have that little budle of potential bumping around in my belly, and all the excitement of buying tiny clothes and way to much equipment, planning and planning for things we'd use for only a few months... Now we have this baby, this real, competent, mini human being with likes and dislikes and desires and affection and squishy little arms, who changes more and more each day, who has come so far yet has so much growing and changing to come...It's been a long 9 months and it's gone by in a flash.
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