Simon, the good sport

Before I begin, let me apologize for falling off the blog-wagon for a while. Nothing especially unpredictable happened that prevented me from writing, I just didn't. So, let's get past it and enjoy some pictures of my Simon.

Right from the beginning, he's been a really good sport. He's a great little brother. He doesn't complain overly when his sister loves him almost to death and dresses him up. Let's enjoy some of those moments together:

Even upon first meeting Simon, Zoe felt the need to adjust him.
Ah, a girl after my own heart.

This was taken after Simon's first bath at home.
In a funny puppy towel and calm as can be.
He was a much better sport than Zoe
and we even warmed up her towels in the dryer!

Aaah, the goofy bunny outfit.
Zoe wore this, as did her cousins, I think.
The top zips up from the back, right up to the pointy hood.
So gloriously goofy.

This was taken shortly after Simon
began to do anything remotely funny.
Big smiles and cheers for this little outfit Grandma and Papa sent.

Mostly Simon used to just do this:
stare at you like you were crazy.

But now I let Zoe do all sorts of fun things with him,
like put him in her hats. Arrg?

And make totem poles.
(Thankfully, you can't tell Zoe's not wearing any pants in this shot.)

He let me dress him up in the cutest lion costume ever.
And he was sooooo relaxed all night long.
(So. Hot. Must. Not. Move. Must. Not. Exert. Oneself.)

I really admire Zoe's creativity here.
This bib easily became a superhero cape.
She's there in the background getting hers ready.
There's another shot I'd post if she'd only been wearing pants.
Ah, potty learning.

Gotta love a baby in a cute diaper and a Santa hat.
Sorry, I forgot to turn this one. I could load it up again,
or if you really don't want to turn your head to the side,
I already posted this picture here.

Continuing to happily wear the puppy towel.

I have now allowed Zoe to put the hard hat on Simon's head
(as long as she doesn't proceed to hit him)
and he is happily playing "cowboy firefighter" (yee haw!)

It is good for me to share these pictures with you because Simon is teething. Oddly, the two beside his top two front teeth have poked through before the front two. Hopefully they don't get very far along before the front two show up because he could look kinda scary for a while. Anyway, it doesn't really bother me which teeth are coming in, but he is so whiny about everything. You just get him up (for those of you not in baby-land, unlike adults, this is prime happy time for most babies) and he's all "nnnneeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" It tries one's patience. Well, my patience, actually. Zoe seems to have it in scads for him.

It's good for me to share these pictures because I need to remember that I have a sweet little boy who is mostly very nice to be around, who is gentle, who has a giggle to melt you if you tickle him just under his chin, and who just needs a little extra patience because he doesn't quite know what to do with the horrible pain of teething (somehow, "Suck it up, kid; your sister handled it much better" doesn't seem to do any good).