And I say "monster" in the most affectionate way possible. Adorable monster, even, as you will see/hear (video at the end of this post).
Let's see, news to tell about Mr. T... he's 4-1/2 months old now - a couple of days over 20-weeks. To put that into some weird perspective, dad is a little over 612-months/2652-weeks (give or take a couple of weeks -leap yrs and all that), and mom is (we won't say!). So when I say I'm 612-months old, somehow that doesn't seem quite as old as saying I'll be 51 in a couple of weeks. And as we all know, 612-months is the new 360-months! Woohoo!
I digress. Teo is as vocal as ever these days. He's definitely exploring the range of his vocal cords and the noises he is capable of emanating from his body - mostly his mouth! As mentioned above, aside from his cooing, oohing, aahing, and nascent word-forming (he does try to make words at times), he has very recently taken a liking to growling. Yes, growling. Where and why he picked that up, who knows. It' mostly hilarious, but when he keeps doing it over and over and over, I start to get scared. I think we may have a budding lycanthrope on our hands. Must run on the Payne side ;)
And it's not a sound from his throat; it seems to come from deep in his gut. Probably just an exploratory phase prior to his talking phase. But I did buy some wolfbane just in case.
And the other big news - the boy is definitely on the MOVE! He's learned to crawl. Early stages (we call it scootin' for now), but he is moving forward and is learning to use his arms and keep his head up at the same time. If he's on his tummy and sees something he wants, he goes for it. He can even do turns. I say in two weeks, we'll have to batten down the hatches and put everything that is 2-feet and below up on shelves or locked shut.
Pics and monster video here are from our breezy afternoon on a grassy knoll at Brace Canyon Park here in Burbank; no shots fired. BTW, the really good growl comes towards the end of the video (it's only 33secs long). And to all of you who thought my "Carnivore!" post of Teo was a joke - Beware the full moon. Teo knows where you live!
2 comments:
what kind of animal are you raising!?
Hope and I are impressed.
Well Tim, I guess the cat - or wild animal - is out of the bag.
Candice never actually gave birth to him; that was just a story we made up, all the more convincing since Candice wore increasingly larger pillows under her clothes to give the illusion of being pregnant. We found Teo as a feral infant in the wilds of the Hollywood Mountains on one of our hikes and have been trying to humanize him ever since.
Consider yourself lucky, though - Teo does NOT know where you and Hope live... yet.
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