Nighttime Rituals

He said “shirt” tonight, which was pretty awesome. You could sense that he was sounding it out in his mouth. “S… ssirt.” He’ll get the h in there, give him time.

This entry is about bedtime! Well, ok more than just bedtime, but I did notice that the after-dinner Ian moments have been sorely lacking coverage. So here’s some of that!

September 20; to paraphrase a movie Melissa and I saw recently: A Father-To-Be “I wish I could still get that excited about [water.]” Already Father “I wish I could still get that excited about anything.” See this image larger.

Yep, he’s still laughing! I have to wonder just how bitter I’d have ended up without his smile and laugh. See this image larger.

“And this. This knob turns the water… off.” See this image larger.

Following Mama’s opening salvo of sticking-out-tongue faces; Ian does the same, but ups the ante with a double finger point! See this image larger.

He’s been a great boy, of course, but a little bit more rebellion happens every day. Something about this picture has me thinking about the terrible-twos. See this image larger.

Possible caption: “And then I picked up Da’s phone like this, and called my grandparents!” See this image larger.

“Ha-HA! Deftly escaping from two grown adults!!!…” See this image larger.

“…crap.” See this image larger.

They say in parenting magazines that this helps Ian brush his own teeth if he brushes somebody else’s. As the potential for a shared toothbrush is very real in such a scenario, Da does not participate. See this image larger.

But hey apparently it works! See this image larger.

I read Ian a bedtime story. Our favorite line in this one is “AND A KISS FOR MR. BEAAAR.” See this image larger.

The next night, the 21st, Ma reads a different book to Ian. Here he tries to pop bubbles on the page. (I’m not kidding… there’s a game I let him play on my phone where the bubbles look like that.) See this image larger.

Times like this… let me tell you; I thought I knew what awesome meant a long time ago. But this is it. See this image larger.

Here’s that dresser Gpa Dave re-finished… Ian laid his blanket down in there and tried to sleep for a second or two. See this image larger.

Let’s see if you can spot this signal and what it means: He’s put his head on his blanket in a laying down position, but still walks around with it smooshed to his face. (Answer: I’m really, seriously tired.) See this image larger.

Every night Ian clicks the lightswitch off. Melissa and I laughed about the timing on this shot. Literally a 100th of a second later, that light was off. And a few moments later, he was fast asleep. That’s it for now, see ya! See this image larger.