How did it get to be September already? Ri*dic*ulous how fast time is flying by. I keep saying it, but it's still just incredible. Here I am putting Julian back into footie pajamas at night, and pulling the blanket over us. He's been sleeping in just his diaper under the fan all summer, which seems like a very long time, and a very short time too. Hmmm.

I still can't get over this telescoping of time. You have a baby and all of a sudden you are thinking about what that baby will be like as a very old man when you are dead. Or in the space of one day the baby does something totally new and different than what he was able to do the day before. And likewise, the baby *stops* doing the cute thing he has been doing for ages, and you have been meaning to catch it on film. But of course you have plenty of time, right? Ha HAAAA! NOT!

I must have thought a million times how I really need to snap a photo of Julian's little baby head...not the front of it (I have lots of pics of his face) but the little babyish curve of his head as it goes into his neck. It's such a round little *baby* head. Just adorable.

Well, I was looking at him the other day and the little baby head is vanishing! He has a Little Boy Head now! I mean, he's still a baby of course, but rapidly turning into a Little Boy. Every day this process goes faster and faster and faster.... He has this adorable little pucker that he gets when he falls asleep nursing, but it's hard to hold a sleeping, nursing baby and go get the camera to take a photo at the same time. So I keep putting it off, but one day he'll be in high school and I'll wish I had that photo. D'oh!

Right now I'm just trying to enjoy every single little moment of time with Julian. He's such a good baby, and so funny and cute and wonderful in every way. I'm feeling a little bit stressed out because I got absolutely nothing done in the way of chores this weekend. I have a chalkboard in the kitchen where I write down things for my to-do list. Normally I clear it off every weekend, but this weekend it just grew in size, I didn't cross off a single thing. Our clean laundry is sitting on the hallway in a pile, getting furred up. Bugs uses it as his personal nest, Julian plays in it...I have a photo of Julian resting in the pile of clean laundry below. OK, that was several loads ago, it's not the *same* pile. I'm not THAT bad ;-)

But then again, Julian had another cold this weekend and wasn't napping so well, so I had to lie down with him to get him to sleep. I do a lot of chores while he's napping normally, but that didn't happen this weekend. Also, I played with him a LOT instead of doing chores. He's so much fun to play with now. He has such a good little sense of humor, and is curious about so many new things. You can practically see his little brain making new connections. And he's right on the verge of being able to crawl...I can't stand it, it's too exciting! A whole new world of mobility is about to open up to him! He knows it too. On Sunday he kept getting into a crawling position and rocking back and forth, trying to grab at the toys just out of his reach, then looking back and smiling at me.

I always hear people say how they wish they had spent more time playing with their kids and less time working, so I don't feel TOO bad, but still...it gives me a real sense of accomplishment to have that chalkboard empty and laundry put away. Oh well. I'm fighting that feeling. I played and napped with my baby this weekend. That was even more important. Now I'm hoping that he won't crawl for the first time at school...I SO want to be there for it!

Julian had some Cheerios today at school. I tried to give him a quarter-Cheerio on Saturday, but he spit it out. He ate the whole Cheerio that she gave him this morning though, and then ate 9 more! He eats solids much better with Leela than he does with me. With me he takes a few spoons and then he loses interest. With her he eats everything! I'm not offended or anything...he still loves nursing so much, he probably wonders why I'm trying to put his other stuff in his mouth.

Big favorites right now are:

• Playing peek-a-boo


• Being tossed in the air by Mama and Daddy


• Doing tricep dips with Daddy, going upside down


• Having his tummy kissed and nibbled


• Being "pretend eaten"...Mama pretends to attack and eat up the baby, complete with roaring and snarling. (He finds this hilarious, I think because I also do it with the dog?)


• "This Little Piggie" on his toes


• Any and all books. LOVES being read to.


• Peeing and pooping in the big toilet


• Trying to crawl on his new number and letter mats


• Being nursed to sleep cradled like a little baby


• Eating Libby's pumpkin puree


• Riding in his new RideOn Carrier, which lets him sit on my hip and snuggle into my arm without my becoming crippled in both hip and arm as a result.
  
• Anything having to do with Bugs...watching him, playing with him, petting him


• Playing with toys


• Bath time!


• Ladies and other babies/kids who smile at him

• Having snot sucked out of his nose with bulb syringe


• Being put down for a nap without nursing or rocking to sleep first


• Going to school on Monday morning


• Poopy or wet diaper


• Strange men who aren't Daddy, Uncle Marc or Uncle John. Men with moustaches are especially scary.


• Anyone but Mama when he is really tired