This weekend I visited my mom. We shopped, ate and vegged. We also spent lots of time with my nephew, Jayden. My mom was a crack-up, as always. And my nephew was adorable, as always. I only see him every few months, so I'm always in awe of how much he's grown in between visits.
One thing I noticed is that he had a lot of scrapes. My first thought was, "Folks must not be keeping a close eye on him." Then, after spending the day with him, I learned firsthand why he's all scraped up. That boy is FEARLESS! And he's indestructable! He has no problem leaping off a toy, smack on to the ground. He would run after a bubble outside, trip, hit the concrete and then get up like nothing happened. He'd bump into a wall and not think twice about it. The only time I saw him cry from a fall was when he thought he was pushed over. Thinking back, my brother was the same way. He'd get spanked when he was little and thought it was a game. His pain threshold growing up was unbelievable.
The other thing about my nephew is that he's overcome his fear of bugs he had last time I saw him. Now he'll run to pick them up off the sidewalk or out of the dirt. It's cute when it's a rollie pollie, but scary when it's some unknown bug with yellow stripes. "That's a mystery bug! Put it down!!!"
And although he's not talking yet, he definitely understands what we're saying. He has a one-word vocabulary of "eh," which he uses in response to everything we say or when he wants something. I wish there was a Jayden-to-English dictionary because I'm soooo excited to hear his voice. It'll make being a long-distance aunt easier if I can hear his cute little voice over the phone every now and then.
"Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs." - P.J. O'Rourke
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