have we talked about this?

this is the back of my child's head.
is this a mullet or what?

tricky.

sometimes,
olly will reach out and pat
my face,
or my arm,
or my hair,
and i will get all misty
about how gentle and tender
and loving
he is being,
and how he must really love me,

and then, all of a sudden,
he will try to jam
my whole hand,
or nose,
or wad of hair
in his mouth,
with all of his baby-strength.

death grip.

fair polish boy.

well yesterday we went
to the lakewood streetwalk,
which is just where all the local businesses
set up booths
and give away samples
and people do karate demos.

all told, we were out in the sun
maybe three hours.

needless to say,
olly has my pale genes.

even he is surprised.

should i be censoring these?

wonder where he gets it.

as i've mentioned,
olly is an in-bed-with-us sleeper,
most of the time.

we've been able to get him at least on a sleep
(though nothing else)
schedule,
where he goes down between 9 and 10,
sleeps til around 6 or 7,
eats,
and sleeps another hour or so.

i usually get up,
pick up around the house,
treadmill it up,
and let those boys sleep a little more.

the other morning,
i walked in to find this:

bad blogger.

hey all,
i know i have been pretty awful
about posting regularly on here this month,
but that is just because
as olly becomes more active,
i can't just prop him somewhere
and dash out a quick post.
OR
alternately, he is being such a
handful
that addressing the matter at hand
and documenting it are not simultaneously possible.

he just has the best personality,
and we are loving being able to do more
and more active stuff with him.

so for the three of you including my mom,
that have been wondering what we've been up to,
now you know.
<3