No, my name is "Daddy."

I've suspected this for some time now, whenever Inen goes on a little daddy-rant. ("Dadadadabwdadandadadada....") I just always thought I was imagining things. But today I know I heard it. We were near the entryway to the house, just at the edge of the living room. Inen wanted to feel the air from the box fan on his face, but also wanted to touch the fan. I repeatedly told him he couldn't and made him keep his distance. At one point he sat himself down a few feet from the fan and, in frustration over his plans being foiled, began to go on a daddy-rant (because his disappointment was all my doing). Well, amidst his repetition of "daddy!" (imagine each consonant being spat out in displeasure, each word given distinct pause) was a very clear "Brandon!"

Shocked, right? Yeah, so was I. Okay, so maybe it was closer to "Bwandah!" But I knew what he was saying. Teenage rebellion at not-yet-11-months. Sheesh.

Inen's first June

It's time again for another slide show recap of the previous month. And look! This time the month hasn't been past for more than 2 days! I'm actually on top of things! (We'll see how long that lasts.) Without further ado, here is Inen's first June in pictures:

Inen Likes Nalgene Bottles

Korie and I each have a BPA-free Nalgene bottle that we use to keep hydrated during the day. Korie's is bright blue and mine is bright red. Inen is infatuated with them both. He loves the color, he loves the weight and the liquid splashing around in there, and he loves the idea of drinking from them. For that reason we try not to let him see us drinking from them, otherwise he just goes nuts and has to have the bottle for himself.
Just now I was sitting with him in the living room. I had my Nalgene hidden behind his book basket, and would only drink from it if he wasn't looking. Inevitably, he looked up just in time to see me mid-swig. His look of excitement as he shot up an nearly jumped over his big stuffed dog, scrambling furiously toward me in an attempt to grab the bottle, was almost enough to make me spray the mouthful of water I had. He got the thing from me just as I closed the lid and busted up laughing. It was hilarious. But maybe you had to be there.

May Recap, Part 8: Inen Clears His Throat

At some point last month Korie cleared her throat, and Inen thought it was hilarious. Of course then we both started to clear our throats just to get a laugh out of him. Some time later he just started clearing his throat to try to get a laugh out of us. It worked. Here's our little throat-clearing boy:



... and again:

May Recap, Part 7: Inen Brushing His Teeth

During this last month, Inen has also learned to brush his own teeth! Well... not with the best technique and latest hygienic methodology, per se, but he's getting there. Take a look:

May Recap, Part 6: Inen Sees the Light

Okay, so the title of this post is a bit misleading. Inen was sitting in the living room in the sunlight streaming through the window. He did one of his little raspberries and noticed the spit particles illumined by the sunlight. When he grabbed at them it was nothing short of precious – and a bit amazing. I love that he is noticing little things like that. I tried to get him to notice again, and this is the resulting video:

May Recap, Part 5: Inen Chuckles

Inen loves taking a bath. More than that, he LOVES the naked time and winding down time after a bath. He started doing this funny chuckle thing when we were at Newport (which you can hear a bit in the last video post). I get a kick out of it.