My room, my house

Dennis had lots of playhouse time today in between two big trips to Wal-Mart (ugh!). He was very good all day long, very happy and content. He bid farewell to Gran and Pop tonight as they are leaving on vacation early in the morning, and he gave them kisses and told them "bye bye". His kisses have evolved again. Instead of mucho slobber, like in the beginning, and instead of sweet little touches of his mouth against your cheek, he now gives air kisses. He makes the kissing sound and smacks his lips together but never makes contact. It's extremely cute, and perhaps it's even more sanitary this way than him kissing everyone. We didn't train him to do it, he just started it on his own.

He didn't nap much today, and he might have gotten cranky except that we served his favorite dinner tonight. He LOVES spaghetti, and he enjoyed bath that immediately followed the meal. He almost fell asleep on my shoulder as we were shopping tonight. He has a new habit when he's tired. He grabs my hand or arm and rests his head on it. He's been doing this at restaurants when he's past nap time, and tonight he pulled my hand onto the side of the grocery cart and laid his head on my arm. It's so sweet, but he usually goes for my right hand, and his little naptime renders me practically helpless. I am learning slowly to eat with my left hand. Perhaps I could market this as a new diet plan--eat everything with your non-dominant hand.

We're all tired tonight, so we're all in bed. I can still hear Dennis rolling around, trying to find just the right spot in his crib. I also hear hard sucking on the pacifier, so I know he's already in pretty deep sleep. We can tell when he's really tired, because after we tell him night night, he says it back and then says "bye bye" so we'll hurry up and leave the room so he can sleep. Separation anxiety does not seem to be a problem for our little guy!