Hunter the Grunter

Hunter has had a habit of grunting since he was born. There he lay in his bassinet in the hospital, swaddled up like a teeny baby burrito, eyes closed, wiggling and grunting all day and night. It was as if he was totally dissatisfied with his new colder and brighter world outside my belly. At the time, we thought it was a newborn thing and he'd surely grow out of it as he adjusted to the new world around him. In the days after we returned home from the hospital, he grunted so much he earned the nickname Hunter the Grunter. While we don't call him that all the time, usually only during or after a grunt-fest, it seems he won't be out growing that nickname anytime soon.



Seven weeks later, he's still grunting his way through the day and night. He rarely cries to let us know how he's feeling. Instead, he grunts. Yep, he grunts when he sleeps, he grunts when he's trying to wake up, he grunts when he's hungry, when he's tired, when he needs a new diaper, when he's not happy... so pretty much all the time. Lately though, he's started to punctuate these grunting sessions with a few squeeks and meeps, and of course, the ubber-cute coos and goos. As for me, I'd rather wake up to little baby grunts, instead of crying, any day.

Silly Mommy

Ok, if Hunter wasn't so darn cute in this video, I might be a little embarrassed to post this! I must preface this by saying that it's really amazing what you find yourself doing to coax your baby, and this is no exception. It all began as I was getting ready for the day and I couldn't find any socks. Having just put "sockies" on Hunter, I naturally referred to my socks as "sockies" too. (Side note: It's funny how everything suddenly ends in "-ies" when you have a baby. Sockies, pacies, boogies, feetsies, etc.) So, back to the story... I was digging in the closet looking for my "sockies" and, of course, we have been doing all sorts of silly things to get reactions from Hunter. So, put two and two together, and you get the video below. I hope you guys enjoy this half as much as I did!

Pardon the quality - my phone was the closest thing I could grab to capture the moment! And, if anyone knows how to convert Blackberry videos for free, please do tell :) We had to use a free trial that only let us convert the first 5 minutes, leaving about 40 seconds of cuteness un-converted and thus un-postable. Please feel free to voice your extreme dissent to Blackberry.

He's gonna kick my ask!

This video makes us laugh every time! Apparently, there's a monster in the movie who's gonna come out of the tv... And this little girl is prepared, come what may.