Brian's early history...

Bri asked me this morning if we got our house when he was a baby. I told him that no, we got the house before he was even born. His response was a history that I didn't even know about.

"Yeah, you got the house when X. was a bitty bitty baby in your belly, and I was the daddy taking care of him in your belly."

Hm. Must be why he's such a good big brother - he took care of him along time before I did, if that history is correct.

Pretty Mommy...

Brian has started saying this over and over again while petting my hair or my arms. I think now he does it to freak me out, since he knows it disturbs me.

(I appreciate the sentiment, but when he does this, and then in his next breath tells me "when my cereal gets here, I'm going to say "pretty breakfast" a few times than eat it," I'm sure that you can see why I find it a bit disconcerting.)

Can someone check on me if you don't hear from me for a few days????

Connecting the dots..

Sometime Brian astonishes me with his ability to connect the dots. This morning, he asked if he had any nephews. I explained that no, he didn't, and wouldn't for quite some time. When X. had kids, if they were boys, they would be his nephews and girls would be nieces.

He thought for a minute, and then said, so when I have kids, they'll be X's nephews and nieces?

Impressive, no?

The Proposal

Brian asked me (his Mom) to marry him on Saturday. It was quite sweet, actually, he said pretty please and wanted to get married on Sunday. I tried to let him down gently, and he sweetened the deal by offering to show me all his toys.

Daddy had to break it to him that I was already married to Daddy, and couldn't marry more than one person at once. For a bit, there was a stand off - my husband and my son both "fighting" for my hand. Sweet, but a little bit disturbing somehow.

When Brian got the concept that I couldn't marry him, however, I got dropped like a hot potato. I leaned over to kiss him and tell him I still love him, and he jumped out of my way, called me a kissing statue, and went to play with his brother.

Jilted.