Adam's Mobile

It's no secret Adam was a big strong boy from the start. He lifted his head up to look at me when he was in the hospital! When he was six months old, not quite even, he ripped down his animal mobile I had picked out so carefully while pregnant, imaging my son enjoying it as he lie cooing in his bed. Ha. Adam got a wicked grin and ripped it down, actually SNAPPING the plastic arm that held it up. I was kind of upset, not at him of course, but just that my beloved nursery was broken. (HAHA Now I know it's par for the course!) Todd looked online, but it was not to be fixed or replaced. I tucked it away behind the crib.

With all the stuff we are doing around here, I am trying to get rid of stuff. I pulled it out to toss away. I have found that taking a picture of things that are broken but I am sentimental about helps me to get over it. One of the few useful tips actually on all those HGTV shows. As I laid it out to take my photo, Adam came in, instantly taken with the five animals on it! He really wanted them! So I cut them off and he played with them.... Of course, Abbey came along and wanted it. He gathered them up and spent the next two days hoarding them, even napping with them. He tried to share with Abbey. He would offer her one when prompted and then struggle with wanting it back. It actually made me proud of him because I know he does a lot better than the average two year old with this. He is over this obsession, but it is so Adam. He gets really into something and very focused on it. He becomes enthralled and obsessed. And once he's got it or learned it, he can let go of the obsession. The hoarding is kind of funny...sometimes he ends up being "over" something because he hoards it and hides it from Abbey so well he forgets! (Usually behind Daddy's chair!) Some obsessions he never lets go of....like his dinosaurs...but that's a different post! You can't always tell by looking at our son when he loves something because he's focused, like in these photos, not grinning...like Abbey!