I realize I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd give a brief update of the Bauson household.

Christian is now 9 months old (he'll be 10 months on the 23rd). He recently had his 9 month check up, where we found that he weighs 23lbs 10oz, and is 30 inches long. He recently learned how to wave, and to clap - two things he does constantly throughout the day. He loves playing the "hot and cold game" with people...waving to strangers to see if they'll wave back; nine times out of ten, they do :)

He is determined to walk before he turns a year old. He has been taking one or two steps here and there; nothing consistent. You can tell which side is weaker by the bruises on his forehead. The poor kid can't live without a bruise for more then a day. When one bruise disappears, another appears in its place.

The countdown for Manny's 3rd birthday has finally begun. Wow...three, it's hard for me to believe that he is going to be 3 years old. While I let that sink in, let me give you some updates....Manny is a spitfire of a child. He is extremely opinionated, and independent. He likes to decide for himself what he's eating for dinner, and what movies he'll be watching. The only thing he refuses to do? Go potty on the toilet.

We were in Target the other day, and I pointed on the Transformers "big boy" underpants. Manny was instantly in love. When I informed him that in order to wear those "big boy" underpants, he had to sit on the potty, he said, "Mommy, I don't like Transformers". Here's to hoping that he'll be potty trained by this summer.

Lately I've been teaching Manny the real names of body parts. Since doing this, he has become super aware of other people's body parts. I also openly nurse Christian in front of him, so he sees my breasts numerous times on any given day.

Last night we had dinner with some friends of ours. During dinner, Manny pointed to John's chest and asked, "Daddy, what's this?" John said that they were his boobs, and Manny asked, "Daddy, you feed Chick-ran? Chick-ran hung-wee?"

John declared that he needed to lose some weight. I spit out my root beer.

After dinner Manny's friend Edgar decided he wanted to watch Sleeping Beauty. Manny said, "We're watching Sleeping Doody?" John said, "No...Beauty". Manny said, "No...Doody".