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I had a locked tumblr blog for baby pictures and commentary about my son that I haven't used in a few years....
I have all the pictures on my computer, so I don't need to back any of that up, but I'm going back to look at the text posts
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"As autumn rolls in, his shark hat can keep his head warm AND eat unwary wildlife."
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"He’s started giving little kisses to his toys, like, 'Mmmuh.' "
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"He’s taking comfort in a grasp of my ear. "
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"this just in: he knows how to take off his pants"
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"we have whole conversations in raspberries"
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"little aggressive billy goat head butting people when he doesn’t like something"
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"possible sentences he may have said:

“I farted.”

“It’s nice.” (About my bathrobe.)"
(March 2016)

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Most boy clothes for babies is navy blue or gray pants, with the rainbow of blue and gray broken only by occasional red, green, or orange. Also, baby clothing companies decided stripes for boys and polka dots for girls, in general. But if you ignore all that, then you don't have to miss out on outfits like this.
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"Me: Do you like Fanfan, your new fawn?
Patri: I imagine so, since he' burping on its hooves.
Me: A sign of true affection."
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"Son: unnn mmmm aaaa hm
Me: How does that work?
Son: -gives me many high-fives- unnnggg nnnnnnmmmmm
Me: Teach me your arcane secrets.
Son: eeehhhhahhhh!"
(Nov 2015)
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"7/11/15 - calmly looked at me, smiling, said “Mom”

aaaa! <3"

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"Uncle Fif: -holding my son-
Mommy: So if he cheeses on you, I've got a napkin here.
Uncle Fif: Cheeses? What is that? I don't know what that is.
Mommy: Well you know how he drinks milk all day. It's all he eats.
Uncle Fif: Yes...
Mommy: Well sometimes when he is burpy he brings up curds and whey.
Uncle Fif: I cannot deal with that."
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"my baby, often, he grabs my thumb and tries to jam it in his eye

I have to fight the strength of his whole arm with the strength of my thumb because he wants to take hold of my opposing digit in his powerful baby grip and gouge his eye out for some reason

and he tries this several times a day

so far I have won"
(June 2015)

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A drawing of us I did in May 2015
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"He laughed in his sleep again! His laugh sounds like a squeaky axel."

April 2015

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"Mommy: Well that's a cute outfit. T-shirt and shorts just like a big kid!
Son: -poops over everything, the shirt, the shorts, the pillow, Mommy's arms, the blanket padding the changing station, his back, his legs, his genitals, far off cities that never saw it coming, and the moon-
(1/2)
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(2/2)
"Son: -pooplord poopaggeddon here to poop on your day-
Son: -twice-
Mommy: -cleans up everything, especially the moon-
Mommy: Here's another cute outfit. It has dinosaurs!
Son: You took too long to clean up. I am loudly miserable and I will never forgive you.
Son: -belch-
Son: Feed me."

(April 2015)

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"Ah yes, the gaping bobblehead school of latching. I love it when he does this."

(March 2015 - in regards to boobfeeding)

Dec 6, 2018 at 11:52pmWeb
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"little hotpocket

my sweet child

jellybean

little man

my sweetness and light

cuddle bun"

(March 2015)

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And my very first post on the baby blog about my son:

"That little sigh. The squeaks, the yawns, the surprisingly large and long farts. He is so amazing." (Feb 2015)