yes and no

pookie taught the pooklet how to sign for thank you, and to nod yes and shake his head no.

pooklet, friend of pesci.

Pesci the cat has an owie on his front paw and pooklet surprised us by pointing directly at it and making what sounded like a comment related to it.
He then leaned his head into Pesci in the same loving demonstration we've seen from him only a few times before (and once with a newborn). It was remarkably intentional-looking behavior that stands out from his typical walking into walls, tripping over things, and erratic yelling.
I hereby declare that the pooklet officailly has a clue, and a compassionate one at that.

squeezing noseys

A couple weeks ago, pooklet starting squeezing my nose to which i respond by saying, "Honk!" He loves it and giggles to get more "Honk!"s out of me. Yesterday in Trader Joe's, an older (and bigger) man said hello to the pooklet I was carrying and the pooklet reached out to squeeze his nose. However, in a rare moment of restraint, the pooklet hesitated and withdrew his hand.

i am second

This is my new favorite website. Currently, it's not much more than fairly brief, compelling testimonial videos, but it's inspiring stuff. My wife and I discovered the site because of Brian Head Welch's video portion, and we stayed on to enjoy Stephen Baldwin's as well. I watched two more of the videos today, one of which inspired me to get some thoughts down in Word. Most of the "interviewees" on the site will probably be unfamiliar but I recommend Chris Plekenpol's video as a good place to start.

lil' organizer

pooklet's been putting things away lately. here's the lil' organizer at work, keen on his new skill of putting smaller things in bigger things.

he's also been resting his head on things more lately: cats, babies, couches, parents.

Avoid fishies!

The Pookies in Oahu

i'm in waikkiki the night before we return to california.

we flew out two days ago to visit with family, and pooklet didn't sleep but for 10 minutes or so during the 5 and a half hour flight. he cried a lot and was restless.

it was a long day, with heavy rains meeting us in Honolulu and difficulty finding our hotel. then, once we unpacked, we changed rooms to get one with a bath tub. nice hotel, though. the wyland waikkiki - $100 through priceline. good staff, great amenities, unexpected valet-only parking.

the wee tired pook slept good Thursday night but was nap deprived the next day, enduring long car rides (traffic and getting lost) and irregular feedings.

tonight i spent what seemed like an hour trying to get him to sleep, patting his side with most of the lights out, straining to see if his eyes were closed.

as is most often the case, the books i brought, including a bible, went unread. although i suppose it was foolish to bring along de toqueville's "democracy in america" as my vacation book. a bit difficult to get into so far.

i missed my devotional times, despite having brought along kay arthur's inductive bible study.
when you're parents, everything takes longer, and as organized and prepared as i tend to be, i inevitably misplace a few things. luckily, the binky we thought we lost turned up under the bed.

besides the lateness, there's not much you can do when you have to be quiet in the dark so as not to wake your child. we watched 'get smart' on pookie's laptop, sharing my ipod headphones, and woke the pooklet up because we were laughing so hard. thankfully, he went back to sleep easily.