Virgo rising...

I had forgotten how much fun one year olds can be. If you do not have regular access to a one year old, I highly recommend you borrow one for the day.

The Attack has always been a somewhat difficult baby. They say your second child is always easier then your first. They are so very wrong. And I thought I was pretty prepared because my first wasn't exactly a walk in the park.

No, The Attack is not easy. He has never slept well, has always been rather demanding, and
If he doesn't want someone to hold him, (or touch him, or look at him sideways...) then that person will damn well not hold him.... or, if they insist, he'll at least make the experience as unpleasant as possible so that they never want to try again.

This, however has always been more than balanced out by his all consuming charisma. This child sparkles.

I'll hear him start screaming at 3am, so I'll jump out of bed to save him from the monster, who must be dangling him by one leg over a pot of soup by all the noise he's making, and as soon as I enter his room, he is silent. I creep over to make sure he isn't suffocating on his meow meow, and see just his eyes peeking out from under his blanket. "Peepo. PEEEpo....PEEEEPO!" Yes, Ash. You are very cute and funny. Now go to sleep.

He is shockingly polite for a one year old. He always says please and thank you, and has recently started with "excuse me". This helps him get his own way a lot. Imagine you are sitting in a chair, doing your own thing, and a cute little face is staring up at you earnestly asking "Scuse eh pleah." (Excuse me please.) whilst patting your arm. You of course think he's trying to get past, so get up to let him through, whereupon he immediately clambers into your chair and starts zooming his car on the table. You have just lost your chair. Deal with it.

He finds joy in so many things: Bubbles, watching him run around trying to catch them on his tongue screaming "dinner!" is fricken hilarious.
Running as fast as he can, which is pretty slow but looks amazingly difficult, and dangerous as his body tries to keep up with his legs.
Holding animals. If they are small, great. If they are big, it makes it harder, but they will still be held.

Yes, everything is awesome when you're one. Which is what makes being around them so awesome as well.


xox