A year and a half old today. Wow. I can hardly believe it! Officially he is 30 & 3/4 inches tall and he weighs 3 tons (that measurement isn't quite as exact as the height one...).
We started off the morning at church, and I'm so glad we went. Dennis spent his first ever morning in the toddler nursery. He went to infant nursery one time and then we started taking him in with us to the service. But the last few times we did that it was more like a circus than a church service. David said the last time he grabbed the back of a lady's dress in the pew in front of us and actually tugged her backward hard enough that she had to sit down! And he ran off and nearly got away! The nursery workers said that he was very good and he didn't cry when we left him, but I'll admit that I thought about him all through the service. They had our cell phone number and the phone never vibrated, so I'll presume all was, in fact, just fine.
After church and lunch with Gran and Pop, Dennis slept long and hard for half the afternoon. He missed his morning nap and probably played a good bit in the nursery. They had cars and trucks and one of those rugs with roads on it, and that's where he headed first when we set him down in the room. He was in the happiest mood today. He enjoyed grocery shopping with us and chatted with us all the way to Prattville in the car. We identified body parts, or at least the highly visible ones. I pointed to David's ear and said "Daddy's ear", and Dennis repeated "ear", same for "arm" and "hair", and those last two were new words for him today. We also pointed out all the cars and trucks on the road with us. He loves that.
Supper was an impromptu decision. We were in Prattville, and I suggested Cracker Barrel to celebrate his "birthday" (which happens to be the actual birthday of Uncle Denny, his godfather, so we can claim that we were celebrating that). Dennis loves Cracker Barrel and we hadn't been in quite a while. He still remembered how to navigate right through the store and into the restaurant, where we were able to meet up with Gran and Pop on their way south for their brief Florida trip (coincidentally, to visit Dennis' godmother). He really performed at Cracker Barrel, emanating waves and waves of cuteness that the other diners and servers responded to. Pop tried to help him color with the crayons, and he did some, but he really wanted to chew them. I had a brilliant idea to give him his pacifier and then hand him the crayon, but he promptly removed the pacifier from his mouth and set it down when handed the crayon. He's smarter than me, I suppose.
Imagine my surprise and delight when I saw the dessert menu out of the corner of my eye and noticed that Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream on it. I was sure it was a misprint. After all, that dessert is seasonal and only available from mid-January to mid-March, but no, there it was on the menu. This my favorite dessert EVER, and I had to eat some, of course, because we were celebrating birthdays. We all split one piece, and it was the best piece ever. Dennis even had a bite, and he savored it for quite a while before swallowing, giggling over the deliciousness of the prize in his mouth. Just in case there are other Coca-Cola cake addicts out there, the menu says it will be available until October 19. Thank you, Cracker Barrel, for running my favorite dessert in my favorite season. It will be available on MY birthday, no less. I hope this doesn't mean it won't be coming in January as well...
We're seeing the start of the two-word sentences now. He says "Daddy go" when David leaves, and he said "Mommy eye" and poked me in the eye. I have a feeling his conversation skills are just going to explode and he'll be discussing world politics with me by next week (though I seriously hope not--that's not my favorite subject for sure). What a miracle he is to us!
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