All About Cullen

Since I have so many posts that are somewhat Jack-centered (due to the fact that he usually learns new skills first), I want to dedicate a special post to my sweet boy Cullen. He is such a good baby, always so happy and smiley, and I love him so very much!

He nearly always has a big goofy smile on his face, he loves to share with Mommy and Daddy, he doesn't have a temper like his older brother, he gets genuinely sad when you tell him no or speak sternly to him, he is easily distracted and goes wherever the wind blows him, he's always on the go and doesn't like to sit still for even a minute, he never has time to sit and cuddle with Mommy unless he's not feeling well but he comes over for quick hugs and kisses all throughout the day, he laughs at the silliest things and at himself often, when he's sad his eyes get really big and he just looks so pitiful that you can't help but scoop him up, the only time he really gets grumpy is when he's exhausted or sick, he LOVES to eat and isn't picky at all, he acts very impulsively and spontaneously, he physically shows his excitement by jumping up and down or doing his famous "Happy Feet" kicks, he concentrates really hard on whatever he's doing but seems to completely forget about it once he moves on to something else, he loves to put his fingers into other people's mouths, he loves to chase the cats and gets a huge grin on his face whenever he manages to sneak up on them, he "waves" by holding out his palm to people and scrunching his face up like some weird salute or something, he's not as talkative as Jack but he does babble a lot more lately, he does lots of high-pitched chirps and low grunts, he is OBSESSED with cell phones and remote controls, but he also really loves to chuck things across the room and thus isn't allowed to have Mommy's cell phone anymore, he gets shy often and when he does he whips his head around back and forth really quickly as if he's thinking "Should I look at them? No, I better not. Well, maybe I want to after all," he can often be seen chewing on his pointer finger while he looks around, and he spontaneously claps for no reason at all.

I could go on and on about how sweet and lovely Cullen is. He lights up my day and always makes me laugh with the goofy things he does. What a lovable little boy I have!

Here are a couple of videos of him from last week. (For those of you who noticed that my kids seem to always be pants-less in the apartment, you're right. There's no real reason for it, though, they just seem to end up that way by the end of the day. It's always warm enough in here that they don't have to wear pants, they sometimes trip them up while they're practicing walking, they don't leave the house much, and to be honest, I get sick of wrestling them back into their pants after countless diaper changes so sometimes I just leave them off :-) ) Anyways, Cullen isn't wearing pants in either of these since they were taken the same day as that last video of Jack walking. But look at those chubby little thunder thighs, don't you just want to squeeze them so tight?!?! Lucky me, I get to every day ;-)

This first video is of Cullen walking back and forth... and back and forth with his little walker. He used to get sooo frustrated whenever he ran into a wall but a couple of weeks ago it clicked for him that if he walks around to the other side of the walker he can get going again. What a smart boy! He does this all day long, even if he only goes a couple of feet each time.



This second video shows one of the rare instances when Jack lets him have the big bouncy ball. Jack is getting to be quite the bully and often steals things from Cullen. But Cullen's so sweet, he usually just looks around and grabs for something else to play with. Lately, Jack's been hogging the ball constantly but Cullen gets to use it every once in a while. I think I'll go out and buy another one this week so that Cullen gets a turn to play with one! He obviously loves it!