Billy is the sweetest thing! He is also very quirky! Last week, we had a warm day so into the stroller the boys went so we could take a walk. Billy screamed the entire 20+ minutes of the walk. It was his first time in that particular stroller, so I assumed that was all it was. Today I begin to think otherwise. We went to Target and as soon as he was put in that shopping cart, Billy started kicking and crying and trying to hide his head in his lap and cling to me to get him out of there NOW! Of course, since I am a cruel mom, I left him in and he calmed down after a minute. But as soon as we headed outside to the car, he felt the fresh air and started all over again! Not exactly sure what is up with that, and when I’m not in the middle of it, it is pretty funny (heck, Suzy was with us and laughing as it was happening).
Billy is just very sensitive. We were there to visit the portrait studio for his one year pictures (which are all dang cute) and
as soon as we set him down to take the pictures, he screamed and cried and just held on to me for dear life. This made for a really cute crying picture, but very frustrating when you want him smiling. We finally gave him a cell phone to play with and he calmed down enough to get some adorable pictures–can’t wait to get them in!
He isn’t walking yet–he actually gets mad when I try to make him stand without holding on (he whines and immediately falls to his knees). But Billy is getting close. I catch him looking at a toy and not holding on several times a day. Billy loves his pacifier and has them stashed all over the house (Kevin went on a hunt over the weekend and rounded up 9 of them, which I think is all that we ever bought). For naps and bedtime, he is happiest with one in his mouth and one in each hand. As I type, he’s found one who knows where and it is dangling from his lips. The best is when he spits it out. The force behind that spit is impressive. But Billy is a spitter. If he doesn’t want to eat something, he just starts spitting at you. If he is mad, he spits that pacifier out or spits at his bottle to let you know that they are NOT what he is interested in. Again, frustrating but so cute you really don’t mind.
And for anyone interested–he is fully weaned and has been for 2 1/2 weeks! Can you hear the angels singing?