The Funniest Joke Ever

There's no telling why David found this so funny, but Michael had him laughing SO hard yesterday I just had to grab the camera. See for yourself! Michael and I keep watching this video ourselves :)

Our Little Ham

You might have noticed that David likes to ham it up for the camera. (This is especially clear in the last post. He certainly doesn't always make the "oh my! I fell over!" face when he topples.) Well, even when there are no cameras around, he finds a way to get our attention, and he cracks us up! His new favorite game, as of about 2 weeks ago, is to freak himself out for as long as he can take it.

He hates having something over his face, always has. But suddenly, a few weeks ago, he seemed to keep getting either his bib, a burp cloth or his blankets stuck right there--totally covering his whole face. Whenever this happened, he would flap his little arms around and make frantic gasping noises. Just a bit disconcerting for a parent...until we realized that he was doing it intentionally! He would flip his bib up, freak out for a while, and then flip it back and give a big sigh of relief. Here we see him the victim of a burp cloth catastrophe:


He does this all the time, only now it's evolved into a game of peek-a-boo most of the time. (Not always. When he does it at 4am with his little frog-blanket sleep buddy, it's an "I know what will make mom pay attention to me" game. Then it's not so cute.)

Here's the whole peek-a-boo sequence (again, nice and dramatic for the camera):

Of course, there might have been other reasons for which he kept flipping his bib up that night. We had introduced prunes to his diet. He is, as the Germans say, verstopft--say it aloud and you'll probably figure it out, if the prunes didn't give it away. He was not exactly thrilled.


I love this last photo. "No really, mom, I'm good!"

Adventures in Sitting

On the day David turned 5 months old, November 23, he decided that he could sit on his own. He had shown absolutely no interest in even trying before then, so this was quite the surprise. I was in church, and Michael was in the baby room with David so that I could hear a sermon for a change. After the service, I went in to see them and Michael said "He's practically sitting on his own!" (What he actually said was in German, because he was with some friends of ours, but you get the point.) Sure enough, Michael let go and David just sat there--looking exceedingly proud of himself. He sat for probably 10-15 seconds!

And then he never did it again. Well, not never, but for a while there it was like we had imagined the whole thing. During the past week or so, though, he's back to trying! He can sit for maybe 10 seconds or so, but it's a start :)

Here was this morning's attempt:



Getting started with a little help...

Not completely convinced he's into this "on his own" business...

Steady...

All's well that ends well!