Finnegan Wakes

I think we've mentioned that Finn's starting to recognize words and phrases, and we're having a lot of fun asking him to "kiss" his stuffed animals. For Finny, a "kiss" is really just leaning into the stuffed animal with mouth agape and pressing his face against it. It's very sweet to watch, even though he hasn't really mastered the pucker yet :).

He hasn't really started saying words, although the one thing he will say, much to my chagrin, over and over, is "Dada!" or "da da DADADADA!!!" I ask him to say "Mama", but he won't really go for it...But even though Finn may not humor me by saying "Mama" very often (ok, *ever*), today he did something even better! We were playing around with his stuffed penguin, and after I asked him to kiss it, I said "Will Finny kiss Mommy?" And reader, he DID! Right on the cheek! Woohoo!!! He did it twice in a row (second time on my shoulder, not my face, but hey--beggars can't be choosers, knowwhati'msaying?).

Pretty great stuff. It totally made my day! I am really looking forward to more Finny smooches.Oh, and maybe the best part is that when John asked Finny for a smooch, it was no dice ;-} (heh heh).