It's a good thing he's cute...

Our little man is just EVERYWHERE these days...running, falling, bumping into stuff...it's crazyness. It's much harder to go out in public now because he doesn't want to be held or kept in a stroller, he wants to be running! At the beach, the kid makes a beeline for the water and then screams his head off when we have to leave. He also does the same thing when we leave the park or the pool or anywhere else that's fun. Yes, we're at THAT phase. You know, the phase where when you try to put them in their carseat, and they suddenly go stiff as a board while you're trying to shove them in knowing that they must bend at some point and yet they seem to have superhuman strength. OR - they go all dead weight floppy and fling their head back and kick their legs so it's like trying to hold onto a 500 pound octopus. All while trying to hold onto your purse and your keys and your temper? Yup, that phase.

Anyway, Adam has earned the nickname Captain Destructo at our house. Meaning, I can pick up all the toys, vacuum, and tidy the living room...and in the time that it takes me to pee - I can come into a room of toys scattered wall to wall, cheerios ground into the rug, a sippy cup leaking on the floor, and a tv remote, cordless phone, and mouse for my computer all missing in action.

And since I have to answer my work phones from 8am - 5pm...he has many opportunities to cause chaos - most of them happening when I'm talking to a client and just happy that he is being quiet. But all mothers know that Quiet = Trouble.

He quite often takes out his stuffed animal basket, dumps it out and climbs in. He holds onto the sides and scoots around while making growling noises. Cute huh? Except that one day, I was busy on the phone with a client for a while...and he figured out that if he flipped the basket over and stood on it, he could reach mommy's basket of paperwork and so when I got off the phone - this is what I saw...

oh...ummmm...hi...

I was just..uhhh...reorganizing...I did good RIGHT?

Yeah.

So on another day...I had some boxes stacked up here in the office and once again, my boy decided to show me his SKILLZ. I turned around after hanging up the phone and saw...

Yes, that would be my child standing NEXT to our TV, on TOP of our entertainment center while biting on a CD.
And so of course, what did I do after shouting "Adam! DUDE, What are you DOING??"


I ran for the camera...