Leo in a Texas Roadhouse bathroom last night: Mama, how do you pee with no penis??

The baby has never said Mama. In fact, I’m pretty sure he’s never made the m sound at all. Which, at 11 months, is… weird. And he’s a chatty baby! Started reduplicated babbling (dadada, bababa, etc) at 5 months. Has started approximating words. He says “nah!” for more, “oh!” for uh oh, and he attempts to copy some of my baby signs. He waves and claps and points a little, so his communication skills are all on track except for this one sound.

Ugh what do you put on your baby’s 1st birthday wishlist when you literally have everything?? 10 million Tonies, zoo membership, Pikler set, enough books to fill a Barnes and Noble, and every toy known to man.

May: booked the baby’s birthday party location

Took the boys to see my mom and grandma yesterday and got to hear my mom tell Leo that she loves him more times in 5 minutes than I think I ever heard her say it in my entire childhood.

Sometimes I hand Logan to Leo and say, “I have a present for you!”

Obviously I love my baby more than anything, but I’m definitely not a ~baby phase~ type of mom, if that makes sense. School age is currently the sweet spot for me. I’ve really loved 5 and now 6 with Leo. This weekend is Pokemon Go’s 10th anniversary and I’m considering taking him to an in-person event in Atlanta (which is like 30-40min from us) to really get the full, big experience. We’re going to have a family movie night when the ATLA movie drops in a few weeks, which he’ll probably get to stay up late for, because he’s seen the show. Stuff like that is so fun, and he’s old enough to do them while still young enough to want to do them with me.

Accountability To Do List:

I love FB Marketplace. I’ve held onto so much perfectly good stuff that I don’t use because letting Goodwill make money off of it seemed unfair, but there aren’t better options here.

Leo turned 6 and decided he’s a big boy now, but he’s actually acting like it. Like he just woke up on his birthday and had this noticeable maturity shift. He insisted on helping unload the car last night, and actually did a lot of it. He’s talking about helping me clean for his grandma to come visit because we have to be good hosts (which is a thing I said to him, but he remembered on his own weeks later). He was super helpful with the baby and his younger cousin the whole trip, even though she’s 4 and like his sister in the good and bad ways. His speech just… sounds better. More robust in a way that’s hard to explain.