Funny Stuff

Some funny stuff I've been meaning to share...

1) Huddy mostly refers to himself in the third person, as in, "Huddy wants a binkie" or "Huddy wants Macadonald's." (BTW, that's a phonetic description of how he pronounced McDonald's.) The only time we ever hear the word "I" out of Huddy is when he says, "I don't want it!" (And we hear that a lot, btw.)

2) Mercer continues to pick up phrases she hears from Maria or me and incorporate them into her lexicon. Overheard the other day: "Oh, that's so cute! I can't stand it!" and then later that same day, "Oh, cute, I can't take it!"

3) Mercer regularly wants to call Belle, Tinkerbell, Cinderella, Snow White or Santa Claus on the phone. In these instances, I generally press my sister, Alison, or sister-in-love, Kelly, into service. (Dad plays Santa Claus.) They ably play the roles for Mercer while she listens in. My sister has a cat who she could hear meowing over the phone, so now thinks Sow White has a cat and wants to talk tot he cat.

4) Huddy is on a COMPLETELY different schedule than Bean. She is an early bird who awakens at 5:30-5:45AM every morning, and is out like a light by 7:45PM. Huddy takes long naps and gets up around 7AM. However, he also has a hard time falling asleep at night, so he just quietly plays in his bed with his cars or his toys for up to an hour after he goes down. Maria will come in to check on him and he always puts his finger up to his mouth to give her the "Shhhh!" sign -- to make sure Maria doesn't wake up Merecr. He's a good brother.