The Reichert Ramblings: Don't Bite or Karma Will Bite You

After it seemed like Noah was constantly getting bit at school, he finally became the biter. I got a call that after he bit himself on Thursday, he opted to bite someone else. Just GREAT! After I complained to the director about him always getting bit, he turns around and does it to someone else! Of course, beware of karma; on Friday he and another child were fighting over a toy and he got bit in the eye - well, on the eye socket where the bone is. Sounds painful and didn't look pretty but when I went down to check on him, he seemed fine (and there was no blood). I just need to learn that we're in that phase.

Friday evening Mike picked up Noah since I had poker night (no, I did not win) but before he left, I brought him up to my office and took him around to some of the folks who were still there. Noah is getting to be very bashful. When someone looked at him and tried talking to him, he put his head down and backed into my lap. He didn't want to smile so he puckered his cheeks, but you could see that smile was trying to get out. It was pretty cute!

On Saturday, Noah, Mike and I headed out to the outlet mall to shop for Mike. We opted not to take the stroller, thinking Noah might sleep on my shoulder since he had yet to have a nap. That was a mistake. He was wide awake and taking in the scenery. He enjoyed it so much, he insisted he walk but he didn't want to hold one of our hands, he had to do it on his own. I didn't really like that idea since I didn't want him to get kidnapped. Of course, if I tried to pick him up, he started throwing a tantrum, to which I then had to say that I was in fact his mother, and not a kidnapper myself. That was fun. If this is an indication of the terrible twos, we are in big trouble.

Aunt Dana was nice enough to come over Saturday afternoon to watch Noah while Mike and I attended a craw fish boil at his client's house and then later over to Dean and Klaire's to celebrate Dean's birthday. Unbeknownst to me, after I was ready to head out, I apparently dressed identical to Noah so Dana and Mike insisted we have our picture taken!

Sunday Dana hung out with Noah and I while Mike was at his soccer game. That evening, while having dinner, Noah starts doing this silly smile (closing his eyes with a big grin). He's taken to doing this quite frequently and it always makes us laugh. Silly boy!