Two-Toothed Crawling, Babbling Wonder

Little Big Graham is speeding through all his baby milestones. Now he has his two front bottom teeth. They're charmingly lopsided right now since the left one came in first, and the right one is just barely peeking up through his gum.

Just around the time his teeth came popping in, he began dragging himself around in search of things to bite. No longer does he sit and cry for stuff that he can't reach, or even try to log roll over and over until he rolls into it. Now he commando-crawls wherever he wants to go. We'll see him set his sights on something and then slowly and steadily drag himself with his big chunky arms across the floor on his belly and elbows until his supreme determination pays off and he gets what he wants in his fat little hand. Half the time he has gone after something Cole was playing with and then, after all that work, Cole looks down at him and says "No, Gi-gi" and takes it away. Poor Graham! He just keeps practicing and goes after something else. He's working on staying up on his hands and knees. Right now he gets up and as soon as he tries to move he does a belly flop, but it won't be long until he really crawls!

He sure has had a lot to say about all these new developments. The last week or so he's discovered his voice. Now he babbles so expressively that even Cole is inclined to answer him. He mixes it up between "BaBaBa", "WaWaWa," and "YaYaYa." A few times I thought I heard "MaMaMa." (Maybe I'll get lucky and Gi-gi will be one of the rare babies who says Mama before Dada. It's a known phenomenon that babies usually say Dada first, because it's an easier sound for them. Cole said Dada months and months before Mama. But Gigi has been working on "MaMaMa" and hasn't said anything resembling "DaDaDa," so I am optimistic.) The boy has got some lungs on him and will belt out his new syllables quite loudly. He tends to do it when he's pissed, so half the time it sounds like a little baby swear. "WaWaWhere's MaMaMy F***ing Dinner YaYaYou BaBaBitch?" Or something like that. Graham's a trip!