Look Out, Ladies

i'm not sure how this is even possible. if you had told me the same thing about your child when i didn't have one of my own, i would likely have laughed with you and feigned a little amusement. internally i would have been rolling my eyes and accusing you of being one of those parents who overestimates what their child is capable of.

my 15 month old knows the difference between girls and boys. and he LOVES the ladies. i mean, loves them. love love love love. tiny babies, toddlers, cougars, you name it. he gravitates toward them. he follows them around. he gives them kisses.

we went to the park with a friend a few days ago. e had gotten off work early so he tagged along for a play date where he and jp were the ONLY y chromosomes present.

7 double x chromosomes v. slides.

we may have just given him the most difficult decision he has ever faced. play or be a playah?

he managed to do both. though i'm not sure the girls knew they were being wooed, to be honest.

he taught himself how to start from the stairs on the opposite side of the jungle gym and make his way to the slides (at the very top of the jungle gym) and go down.... totally alone.

impressed yet ladies?

mommy and daddy certainly were.

i've turned into that parent. and you know what? I DON'T CARE!!!!!!! MY KID IS TOTALLY AWESOME!!!! :) the reality is that i probably do overplay his cognitive skills just a tad. and his physical capabilities, while certainly advanced, aren't guiness world record worthy (yet!!).

but the big bang theory happened to my internal organs and a mere 2 years later the product of that spontaneous combustion has climbed onto my bar stool computer chair (it has a back!), wiggled his way behind me, made the sign for food so he can steal my french toast and is now giving me a back rub (a ploy to get more french toast).

i'm pretty sure that 2 years after earth's birth she was still working on amoebas.

i'm allowed to be proud. just sayin'.