Tell Tale Signs Your Baby is Growing Up

• He builds ships out of Legos and flies them around the house making gutteral engine noises.
• He pretends. ("Mom, wook! I'n a puppy--woof, woof!)
• He sings (ahhhhhhhs?) along with "O Holy Night" and the "Hallelujah Chorus."
• He looks like a big kid in the nursery.
• He comes out of time out saying, "I'n done cwying, mom."
• He climbs into his crib at night and says, "Good night, mom. I want watuh and a book."
• He dances and sings, "Shake your body like a baby cwab."
• He amuses himself for hours doing puzzles. ("This one goes here. This one? Nooooooo, it goes here."
  Bittersweet, I tell you.