Wracking my brain for a good song lyric around telephones... Nothing particularly memorable comes to mind other then the clip from the Wall where Mr. Floyd is calling collect back to England from the States for his wife and the lover keeps answering... nevermind.

Telephone metaphors come to mind because Harry finally figured out how to talk back into the phone today!

During one of our regular dinnertime chats with Uncle Kris, I once again held my phone up to Harry's ear, but this time, he answered! Usually he fights it, and turns his head toward the earpiece (naturally, where the sound is coming from), but today, he went right on talking like it was old hat!

Well, with this newfound talent, it was certainly as good a time as any to leave a few messages on Kim's cell phone so she'd have some audio bytes of the little man while on the road. Based on the email later in the evening that her phone battery was dead, chances are that she hasn't yet had the opportunity to listen.

Ok... So he's not walking yet, but the things he is doing are incredible. He's becoming very sure of himself, assuming of course he's holding on tightly with 2 hands (let one go and the phrase "sack of potatoes" immediately comes to mind). He continues to love his daycare group. He gets a huge grin on his face on our way up the steps in the morning, and you've never seen a toothy grin so wide as when you come through the door to pick him up at the end of the day.

He's finally back to sleeping through the night again. Some of you may note that we said something very similar to this a few weeks ago after recovering from Harry's latest ear infection & flu battle. True, he got back to sleeping well, but of course, with the lovely variations we've been having in the DC weather lately, He had another cold, thus keeping him up in fits. As any good-natured 10 month old should be, Harry was eager to share his cold with his loving father, and I certainly do appreciate it. Well, he seems to be over it now, while I certainly am still in the thick of it. Hopefully our jaunt to visit EPCOT this weekend will help us all out.

Now, let me point out (yet again) that yes, it took me 30 years to make it to Disney World, and yes here we are headed back again ALREADY. Ah well... I'm looking forward to it, if for no other reason whatsoever, to get away from the aforementioned DC Weather.

My last entry ended with a bit of a surprise at how quickly this first year is going... Here's a more indicative point of comparison. My 6 month contract with AT&T has run it's course, and upon my return from Florida, I will begin my tenure as a full-time employee.

Here's what Harry looked like just before I started:



And just a few days back:



Trust me... It's more than just longer hair.

Much more!