It's really the simple moments in life that make me the happiest. The following pictures are of such simple times...One of Franklin's favorite activities is to take all the couch cushions off the couch and jump onto them. He can do that for hours at a time. It's even better without clothes. Franklin loves to be naked and I love to hear him say the word naked. One day I changed his diaper and he kept asking if he could be naked, so I said yes (because what is cuter than a naked baby?). So here he is hiding behind the couch cushions, popping his head up in time to snap a "cheesy" photo. He's getting good at that "cheese" of a smile.
My next simple moment was at the Zoo. We bought a year membership and have already got our money's worth in memories. Franklin has known many animal names and sounds for quite some time. He knew what sounds the animals could make even before he could say the animals' names. Now he can do both and it tickles our heartstrings so much to watch him see an animal at the zoo, say it's name (or species) and then make the animal's sound. He Looooooooovves animals and we love seeing that love in his eyes. His favorite, by far, is the Elephant. The Snake comes in second (weird, right?) and the rhinos, monkeys, and giraffes a close third.
Lastly I want to write about another little thing that makes me want to freeze time. The little hand prints. I have never been upset at Franklin for leaving his handprints anywhere. He leaves them on our windows, and mirrors and on the dinner table. One day I gave him a bite-size candy bar, watched him pop it in his mouth, and eat it. Well I thought he ate it. A few minutes later I walked into our bedroom only to find bits and pieces of it on the floor and a perfect chocolate handprint on our pillow and a few smudged prints on our sheets. I guess the kid doesn't like Milky Ways...Knowing his hands weren't going to be so little forever, I had to take a picture.
