special.

dylan is special.
obviously, every mom thinks their child is special.
but it's always a little humorous watching his speech therapist, occupational therapist and psychologist all try and find *special* ways of saying he's special so as not to offend...
anyway, last sunday i was telling an older lady friend at church how he's calmed down since he started wearing a compression vest.
she said, "oh you mean like the kind they use on dogs?"
yes. exactly.
now that's special.

picking flowers in the vest

imitation.

i hear it's normal for toddlers to imitate their primary caregiver.
so naturally dylan wants to wear ribbons in his hair, right?
sunday he tried to put on lipstick, foundation and blush.
time for dylan to spend more time with his dad.

my yes-man.

my dear son has a speech delay.
in the last week he learned how to say, "uh huh!"
i think he's pretty proud of himself since he says it for pretty much everything.
and with A LOT of enthusiasm.
however i was getting the strange feeling that he doesn't really understand all of my questions.
i tested my theory this morning:
dylan, do you want pancakes?
uh huh!
do you want syrup?
uh huh!
do you want arsenic?
uh huh!
what about amphetamines?
uh huh!

point taken.

the yes-man in seattle: summer 2011

strawberry shortcake.

one of my husband's many talents is baking.

this weekend he decided to make strawberry shortcake. 

he lovingly made the cake part, cut up the strawberries and piled on the cream.

after he put them all together we admired them, i took a picture... yadda yadda.

but when we sat down to eat them he looked at his and said, "eh. i don't really feel like shortcake."

really. REALLY!?!

so the next night he made chocolate cake.

plastic bins.

while cleaning this weekend we found this bin.

and then dylan found it.

and then dad put jane in it.

and then jane smiled because she didn't know how scared she should have been.

baby wrists.

there is something wonderful about fat little baby wrists.
i'm going to miss hers when she grows up.

hair accessories.

jane has a very beautiful and very bald head.
people also like to tell me that it's abnormally large.
sweet.
usually she sports hats due to the aforementioned reasons.
today we branched out and she wore the beautiful hair bow her aunt tiff made her.
so lovely.

dylan must have agreed. 

nice dylan.