Quirky

When Ted and I decided we were ready to become parents, we started watching various kids we'd encounter to see which ones we liked best (I realize how horrible this sounds). Our favorite ones were usually not of the simply cute variety. We really dug the quirky ones, the kind of weird ones, the ones who said things that didn't make a lot of sense and who made strange faces and who had offbeat mannerisms. We'd sometimes look at each other and nod, one of us saying, "Exactly, one like that one."

In the last month of knowing Abe, we have quickly seen that the cute part is pretty much taken care of:
We've been discovering that he's pretty expressive. This is the face he makes when he realizes that I've started singing to him. He doesn't even care what the song is, which is good since I've been singing "The Lumberjack Song" a lot lately:

This is the face he makes when he sees that you're coming at him with a washcloth. I've been calling this his Zoolander face:

This last week, we couldn't be happier to discover that the quirky faces are making their way out in full force:
The above two are the ones he does most often. It's easy to get pictures of these because he makes this face all the time, especially in the grocery store. I can't ignore it. He looks at me, makes this face, and smiles eagerly as if to say, "C'mon! Do it, Momma! Do it!" So I do it back, which makes him do it again too. I can't help it. Eh, who cares what the other shoppers think? So yes, this how you would most likely find me these days while picking out raisin bran:
He's also really good at showing his excitement about certain things:


And he's pretty good at being subtle when he's after something:
(he and this other little boy actually ended up in a mild little tussle over this toy)

And best of all, some faces come out of nowhere. We really have no idea what they mean. I think we hit the quirky jackpot with Abe. These faces are God's special gift to us. We're expecting great things from him:

And finally, because everyone loves a video, here's Abe pretending to be sleepy: