Leap Day

I’ve been in a bit of a funk this past week.  I think it’s because tomorrow, my little baby, turns 1!

One year old is definitely the tipping point where you look at them and all of a sudden you think, “Awww, he looks like a little boy.”  With Jakey I got extra time because he really didn’t have any hair.  It prolonged babyhood for just a bit.  But Natesy got his very first haircut from Toni on February 13th… just 17 days shy of his birthday.  I think Jake’s first haircut was just a week or two shy of his second birthday.  Granted she only charged us $5 and Natesy still has less hair than his cousin Devon was born with, but still, he won’t be a baby for very much longer.

Just in the past couple of weeks he’s started to show signs of the teenage years of toddlerhood.  He does this new thing where he lays flat on his stomach, stretches his arms out and cries.  You have to be careful not to laugh.  And he’s started shaking his head no.  You know you’re entering a new phase when he thinks it’s hilarious to shake his head no.

Today, Teacher Linda W. said he’s been standing in his crib, jumping and shaking the bars so hard that they think it’s a safety hazard.  Let’s not forget, Nakezilla is the calm one.

Tomorrow they’re going to teach him to sleep on a big boy cot at naptime.  *sigh*