You’re probably starting to wonder if I have a life. Well, no, actually I don’t. Every moment of my day is spent wondering if that moment is blog-worthy, and today has just happened to have many blog-worthy moments. So, here I am again.
I have 2 things to share today. (ok, maybe more, once I get to rambling, but we’ll see when we get there).
1) My kid loves broccoli. And I totally get a kick out of this. He even eats COLD STEAMED BROCCOLI! Can you believe that?
We ate dinner together tonight, like a real, honest to goodness family (it doesn’t happen often!). Here’s what we sat down in front of Porter (and, yes, the kid ate it ALL… he has a good appetite!)
Barbeque Chicken, potatoes (I guess they’d be fried… in a pan with green, red and yellow peppers and oil?), pears, steamed broccoli and a biscuit.
What was the first thing he snatched up and ate?
Broccoli.
Yum Yum!
and 2) I finally got some sweet pictures of Porter and Ryan together. I swear, my husband gets so irritated when I try to take ANY pictures when he’s around. Its like he doesn’t want evidence that he or our family existed.
Every evening, Porter gets into this "wrestle" mode before bed. He gets a cup of milk, and usually he tries to sit in our lap and drink it, but instead he tries to get us worked up and playing with him. Its kind of funny to watch… he’ll play one parent, and then run to the next, act like he’s going to be all sweet and cuddly, but once we have him in our lap, he twists and turns and giggles and squirms.
Tonight he was sitting with Ryan and starting to act a little silly. I grabbed my camera, as I wanted to capture a few of these moments. I was laughing and saying "Daddy’s going to tickle you!" and Ryan half assed a tickle (mind you, barely touching or tickling Porter) and I said "Oh come on, TICKLE him" And Ryan snapped back "I don’t WANT to DO PICTURES today" as if I was forcing him to sit and pose and stare and smile at the frucking camera. I hate that. Sometimes I wish I could trade him in for a new husband who can just relax and appreciate these moments with his son, let me capture these moments together without getting all ticked off at me for wanting to have something to look back on and remember in 40 years when I’m going senile and losing my memory. Well, when we’re old and senile together, I hope I remember to NOT share these pictures with him. Cause I’m a biotch like that. Awww look, I went and turned a sweet memory of my son and husband into something bitter. Thats so like me. 
Anyway, I love these pictures anyway. They’re sweet. And my son looks so darn happy. I actually got him cracking up SO bad with this ball… I kept acting like I was eating it out of his hand, and he’d just DIE cracking up. I wish I was able to interact with him and take pictures at the same time, because those are the laughs I SO want to capture. But I’m always the one behind the camera. And Ryan never thinks to take initiative to take pictures. Anyway, back to my laughing baby. So I’m biting this ball out of his hand, and then he tries to bite it out of my mouth and he’s laughing so hard he’s falling all over. I just loved it. He eventually took the ball over to Ryan to try the trick with him, and WOAH surprise, Ry indulged him in a little fun….
God, I’d give my left freaking toe to have pictures of me and P like this.
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I totally understand. Brad is the same. It’s always me taking the pictures and if I want to be in them, I have to ask him to take some and then you just feel dumb and posed!
Oh and about the eating. Remember how I told you how kids start getting into everything, back before P did? And then he did and you thought I jinxed you? I’m about to do it again. The eating, ahhhh, the eating.
You see, I had a baby that ate everything just a few short months ago. Broccoli. Beans. Meat. You get the picture. Now, at 19 months, I have a boy that takes one look at something and says NO without even trying it. Or shoves it away. And is slowly trying to elminate every veggie and meat product out there. I’m warning you – shove it all in now, life will change! LOL (Precisely why I made Morgan carrot zuchini bread today – he will eat his veggies, even if I have to hide ’em!!) I will have this recipe ready for when you hit that stage.
Sincerely,
Mom of the Picky Prince
AARRGHGHH ditto ditto ditto ditto!!! To all of it!
lol. It’s a mirror situation over here.
I’d love to have pictures of me and Tiegan but Jas never wants to take pictures. I hand him the camera, and he says “no thanks,” as if I were OFFERING… haha
I feel the same way about having memories, too. I hardly remember anything about my childhood until I look at my albums – then it all comes rushing back to me. I’m SO glad my parents took TONS of pictures and video while I was growing up. I want the same for T!
I have the same problem with E being camera shy…pisses me off!!! I would love for him to take natural pics of me with my cats or doing normal stuff too, but he just never does it. Great pics you did end up gettign though!