AND NOW FOR A POST ABOUT HUCK

a little taste of my huckleberry at almost twenty-two months:

• says "ohhhh nooo! pweeease!" when things aren't going the way he expects them to.
• can hold a mean conversation with just about any person, toy, or pencil he comes in contact with.
• loves to wear his mama and daddy's shoes around the house.
• likes to bang his head on things in a most dramatic fashion when he's told "no."
• can spot a mickey on a tee shirt from a block away and shout, "MEE!"
• happily eats beets, cornichons + olives, but won't touch his mac + cheese if it has even a spec of green pea in it.
• if he's gone missing, you can always find him hiding out under the covers of the big bed, giggling uncontrollably, waiting to be caught.
• loves stacking rolls of toilet paper in the hallway, knocking them over, and saying, "uhoh!"
• demands a daily outing by patiently sitting by his stroller, one hand on the seat, until we're ready to go.
• enjoys pondering life's great mysteries while watching the laundry spin in the washing machine.
• tans in the sun like a surfer.
• responds surprisingly well to reason when i'm trying to teach him how to behave like a gentleman mid-tantrum.
• spins in circles in the living room till he makes himself dizzy, then giggles as he stumbles around the room like a drunkard.
• gives terribly satisfying kisses, with a nice "mmm" lead-up. "mmmmm-POW."
• hugs his nemo passionately to his chest and plants one of his famous kisses on that fuzzy orange face like it's been months, every time he sees him. 
• wakes up at least once during every nap, slaps his little bare feet on the hardwoods into the living room to find me, then stares at me in a daze with his hair sticking up in a most delightful manner until i carry him back to the bed and help him fall back asleep.
• likes to gasp before starting his sentences. "gasp!! lajflkjkdkatkljkaj"
• still isn't speaking much english.
• though he can say cow, truck, cat, mickey, dog, shoe, mama, daddy, book, and of course, the most important of them all, chocolate.
• giggles in his sleep.
• has cheeks for days.
• does not wake up happy. ever.
• gets that from his mother.
• enjoys long walks around the city. 
• positively adores shiny red balloons.

thank you so much to sarina from red anchor photo for these shots.

we are in LOVE with them! 

(i'm still cracking up over that look on huck's face the third photo in. priceless!)

sarina is graciously offering $100 off any photo session 

to nat the fat rat readers. just tell her huck sent you!