Changes

He's changing so fast. Three weeks ago, I could put him in his bouncer chair and he would just stare at the toys and sort of smile or reach out shyly to touch one of them. Then about two weeks ago, he started grabbing them one at a time and laughing. Today he had one in his right hand and was yanking the other with his left.

Toys are very important now, particularly his Sophie giraffe, a ridiculously expensive French toy that he adores and tries to eat.

He gets extremely frustrated when he can't do something, like if he tries to get a toy in his mouth and can't quite make it work. Today he spent 20 minutes trying to eat a talking lantern and then started screaming with rage. I worry that he is going to be like me - "I can't do this! EXPLODE!" I have a feeling that my future may include many heart-to-heart talks about how practice makes perfect and how we have to control our emotions.

But I could be wrong. Most of the time he's pretty happy.