For the Grandparents: December

The Bairn

• is 10-months-old.


• has rediscovered our ceiling fans.  Each time he notices one, he reaches up to touch it and calls out in a pleading voice, "Ma!  Ma!"


• can stand alone.

• freely gives kisses to parents, toys, and photographs.


• says Mama, Da-da, kitty, corn, cracker.  He also has several words that can only be understood by his mother, such as peaches (sounds like Daddy), socks, and thank you.


• loves keys, particularly taking the mail key and dropping it in the wicker basket pictured below.

• has 5 teeth, maybe 6 by morning.


• enjoys strumming his lips to make music.  Strumming Daddy's lips is also fun.


• is adorable.