cal's five.4

Thanks for tolerating a little change of pace with the last post. Hey, I got a free book and a good prompt to chew on. Now back to our usual programming. This week's five:

1. Cal’s tongue. It is so utterly reflective of his emotions. I never pay attention to adult tongues because they just aren’t as cool (or a little creepy in the case of kiss), but Cal’s tongue dodges and dances. It’s the equivalent of a cat’s tale – it has a mind of its own. When he smiles BIG, it does a curly ballet.

2. We have “conversations” and I almost feel like I can understand Cal. Yesterday on the way home from work (Shaun and Cal always pick me up from the bus stop) we talked about the day’s happenings – why he was wearing a new outfit (blowout), whether he went outside for a walk (yes), how much he ate (a lot) etc. I got the most in-depth responses – long monologues of sound and expression ranging from furrowed brows (cute, cute, cute) and confused looks to smiles that broke over his face like ocean waves.

3. When I sing “If you’re happy and you know it and then you’re face will surely show it …” I point to his mouth, and he smiles on cue. It’s cute.

4. Cal went to sleep the last two nights without his goodnight wailings. He has a new bedtime: 7:30 p.m., a new routine, and a new plan: sleeping in his bouncy in his crib, moving toward actual cribbing sleeping. Aren't I brilliant?

5. I fielded the question: “Does he always smile like this?” at our Wed. morning parents’ group. Not a bad question to have to deal with. Not to sound like scratched CD, but Cal’s smiles can just do no wrong. His face is an orchestra when he smiles, with each feature doing its own part to convey happiness.

I miss that fuzzy head already, workdays are just too long ...