Happenings, Going-Ons, That Sorta Thing

We had our first injury with blood, AND I did not pass out! Doug had just gone to the store and I was here alone with the dudes. They were having a good ole time in baby jail, until all of a sudden, I heard a squeal. Look up, and what do I see, but a Joe Bear under the wheels of a Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker. And Jules was pushing with all his might, "Why won't this thing move forward?!" I scooped up the Bear and saw that he had a little bloody mouth. I held him, gave him a few seconds to scream, then immediately went for his belly. He was laughing in no time and the injury was forgotten.

The dudes' latest obsession is reading. I'm telling you, people, you cannot even say the words, "book" or "read" unless you can commit to at least 20 minutes of reading time. At the mention of a book, they immediately get giant smiles across their faces, run over to you, and promptly sit down, cross-legged and wait. Their favorites at the moment are Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?; a collection of touch and feel books about animals: At the Zoo, At the Farm, Pets, Baby Animals; Barnyard Dance; Penny Penguin; Rhinoceros Firemen; and Baa Baa Black Sheep. (And of course, they will forever love Cuddles the Cow.) I believe Dacian and I have most of these books memorized by heart.

The more you read, the more your vocabulary grows. Well, the dudes have said their first words. If you ask Douglas, of course, he'll say that they've been saying "Da-da" for a long time now. Which is true, they do say it. They say, "Mom-mom," too. However, they say these words for everything. They're just jabbering. (I'm sure the 'first word debate' will be an epic battle that will forever be a part of Wallace Woods lore, much like the true story of the death of the leg lamp on Cleveland Street.)

At any rate, in his baby book (whenever I make one), I will write "Guck" as Jonas's first word (Guck = book). And for Jules, it will be "Baa baa," which he says when he wants to read Baa Baa Black Sheep.

If I didn't have these little dudes, life would be so boring. What the heck did I do before they came along?