Innocent

I know that 'innocent' isn't a word that I'll use for very much longer when it comes to Elliott. But, for now at least, he is just that. I'm often reminded just how innocent he is during the times when he is nursing. He usually keeps his hands pretty busy while he eats. He likes to pull on my shirt, scratch the pillow that sticks out from behind my back... but the other day he did something new. He stuck his thumb up my nose. It really is just the perfect size to slide right in there, and for a few minutes he took turns poking it up the left side of my nose, then the right side, then the left side... you get the idea. I had to keep myself from laughing really hard at him (I didn't want him to stop eating) because he had the straightest face while putting his thumb up my nose! He doesn't know that it is bad manners to poke around in someone else's nose. He doesn't realize how silly it is for a baby to have his thumb up his mommy's nose. Innocent.

Two more things he doesn't find funny right now are burps and farts. I know one day that I'll probably be so angry at myself, but I can't help but laugh when Elliott burps or farts really loud. I just clap and cheer him on. But the little look on his face---he doesn't even know the loud sound has just escaped from his body! Sometimes he even looks around like "Who is that? Is someone else here?!" Innocent.

One day I'm sure Elliott will giggle about boogers and burps and I'm sure we have several "you can't pick your nose in public" conversations in our future. But for now, I'm happy that he is just my innocent little baby boy.