Dearth of Photos

Nathan is in a gloriously fun phase right now, and I have so few photos to prove it! The major obstacle is that the moment I bring out the camera to video or photograph what he's doing that I find so endearing, he wants to play with the camera or phone so much that he starts crying because he isn't getting his way. All of this means that instead of getting adorable photos of him, I have ones like this instead.

Trust me, this is not what I intended to capture when I grabbed the camera. 

As a result, I now try to be super stealth in my documentation. 

Until I get caught. 

He's been understanding more and more of what we say, following instructions (when he's so inclined) giving kisses, blowing kisses, doing a thing where he puts his hands palms up like "I don't know" or "what happened?" when he's trying to get out of something, being super playful, teething on his first year molars LIKE CRAZY (that part is a whole lot less fun, 3 out of 4 have show themselves), and just generally being a hoot. He's also been working out what gets him his way so there has been an increase in whining and shrieking (not my fav) to see if that will work. Usually, if we ignore it or say, "none of that, please" he'll usually cut it out (just not while the camera is out).