"Wild Thing"

Today we were sitting in Jason's Deli eating our lunch. . .well, let me rephrase that. . .trying to throw any morsel of food in our mouths that we could inbetween "shush"ing and wrestling with our 11 month old to stay in the high chair without pulling anything and everything off the table. Gravity being one of his favorite new discoveries, a table full of food, glasses, silverware, napkins, salt & pepper shakers, straws, might as well be Disneyworld! His eyes light up as they dart from item to item, devising his scheme, his plan of attack - and it all has to be quick, before mom and dad realize that anything is happening - and then strike, grabbing whatever is the biggest, messiest item and lifting it high up, up into the air - whoo-hoo! - and then releasing the tight little fist to watch it bang to the ground! He leans way over the side of the high chair to see where it went?, did it bounce?, did it explode? Gravity is way cool! And then while mom and dad are assessing the damage -- hee!hee! -- strike fast again!! Okay, you say, "Uh, just a suggestion. . .how about moving the things out of his reach before you sit him down. Duh." But we do!! Granted, there are those times that we hand him things knowing full well what is going to become of it - just to stop the noise - could be a happy noise, could be a sad noise, but guaranteed it is a LOUD noise that is always coming from little baby boy! But other times it is the server that sets things right in front of him!!! I guess there is an obvious big empty area where maybe they think we have cleared for them - especially in Mexican restaurants - as they say, "hot plate!" - "hot plate!" and set ALL OF IT right in front of the crazed baby with arms flailing and eyes big as saucers! What's up with that???

As we were sitting there at Jason's Deli in our little circus we create wherever we go. . .we heard it. . .and I didn't even notice any music even playing before then. . .but this song played loud and clear, and I knew. This was his theme song. . ."WILD THING!"

So here's a few pictures of my "wild thing" in action! I was just trying to actually document these 2 little precious teeth that I can never seem to catch in a picture. . .and I ended up with a million expressions in this "wild" little face - all in a period of about 3 minutes!!
"Wild Thing. . .You make my heart sing. . .You make everything. . .groovy!!"