Becoming a Boy

Dominic has started to do some things lately that show how much of a boy he is becoming. As he plays with his toys, he now makes sound effects for everything.  He often tells you "how things go" and will drive his trucks and cars around making the "vroom, vroom" noises.  He makes them crash into each other with even more dramatic sounds.  If he is playing around and pretends to fall, he makes the fall into a long and drawn out fall with several rolls or twists and turns added in and, of course, the sounds to go with that fall.  He often acts like a little stunt man attempting to jump over or into things.  I know I am making some gender generalizations here, but these just are not things that I see little girls doing.  And don't get me wrong, he has his softer side too. He takes his Ellie and will make her feel better by putting her up on his shoulder, patting her back and puts her to bed with the covers and nightlight.   He has conversations with all of his stuffed friends in his bed.  He dances around to music.  Obviously, his imagination is hard at work these days, which I cannot be more happy about.  It's just interesting to see from my perspective as a female, what appears to be innate in little boys.   Soon, he'll be walking around quoting lines from bad 80's movies just like his father...

Please, please....

Dear Baby Boy -
I truly sympathize with you in that I am sure that your current housing situation is getting quite cramped as you continue to grow.  However, I must ask you a favor.  Please be careful as you move around in there.  I feel your every movement and they are starting to get pretty rough.  It feels like you might be an octopus who has been weightlifting versus the sweet little boy that I know you are.  I know we are still getting to know each other, but you will soon learn that I am one of the people in your life that you will want to treat kindly.  As your mother, I will be your #1 fan, your biggest supporter, loudest cheerleader and promise to love you unconditionally.  Please, if you can just oblige me for these last several weeks, I would be ever so grateful. 
Love,
Mom

Music on the Porch

I've had a very busy month of travel this month, with this being the first week that I was home for the entire week.  Since I was not quite as exhausted as I have been from the travel, Dominic and I decided to go to the "Music on the Porch" concert with Vinny in downtown Raleigh last night.  We got to have fun, while he worked. First, we started off with a picnic for dinner (if take out Chinese counts!) Then, the music got started. It took Dominic about 5 minutes of sitting on my lap and intently staring all of the other kids and the musicians to decide that it was OK to get up and dance himself. Once he let loose, he was a little wild man, breaking out all of his moves. Once he had finished dancing, Dominic found a very large tree that he was able to climb on.  He spent a good 20 minutes just seeing how far he could get and how he could maneuver his little body.  He didn't make it very far, however, I had visions of what I am in for a few years down the line.

Thanks, Daddy, for taking us to work with you!