It's fascinating.

This little fella will put everything in his mouth. Unless he's sleeping, there's a 99% chance that there is something in there.

Usually, it's his hands. He jams those puppies so far into his gob he chokes himself. When he gets his diaper changed, he nibbles on his toes. He gnaws on my fingers, my arms. On more than one occasion, he's tried to eat Clio's ear. Every single toy he owns has been gummed, licked, and sucked - and has the battle scars to prove it. Ryan had to stop reading Goodnight Moon last night because Cael wanted to find out what that particular variety of cardboard tasted like.

The only thing he won't open his mouth for? Rice cereal.

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I read this terrible, terrible series of books that posited that if you are skilled at something in life, should you be turned into a vampire that skill would become a superpower.

If I were a vampire? My power would be Baby Hearing. Of course, I would have all eternity to come up with a better name than that for it, but you get the general idea.

I will wake from a dead sleep if Cael loses his pacifier in the night, but Ryan's alarm doesn't stir me.

I can hear Cael whimper from across the house with the television on and the dishwasher running, but I can't hear my cell phone ring in my bag.

Today I heard Cael whine when I was vacuuming three rooms away.

I imagine this will come into play later in the poor boy's life. I foresee a lot of me yelling, "I heard that!" across the house.

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Cael had poop coming out his sleeves.

And these are the "leak free" diapers. A likely story.

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Okay, Giuliani. If you want to look at the candidates' resumes, you have to look at the entire thing. After all, who would hire someone for such an important job without looking at educational background?

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Obama:
Occidental College - Two years.
Columbia University - B.A. political science with a specialization in international relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude

& Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in history and B.A. in political science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)

vs.

McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 of 899

& Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in journalism

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The crowd laughed at "community organizer." I imagine they would have absolutely bust a gut at 894/899. Now that's comedy.

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