a slow week.

it's been a slow week in mercerland. no dislocated elbows, no high fevers, no real drama of any kind. mercer is starting to say his "yes"'s much more clearly now. you can tell he is working scenarios over in his head after you ask him a question. he knows what he wants, that's for sure. some other highlights:

* he is going up and down steps quite easily now. going down, he still needs to hold mom or dad's hand. as he descends, he says "careful...careful..."

* he is starting to develop TV preferences now, which is scary. he doesn't watch all that much, but we're learning that he's not a huge fan of sesame street. he likes Blue's Clues because he likes holding his own notebook when the host draws in his famous handy dandy notebook.

* he likes crawling under the sheets naked.

* he is eating better (or more easily) these days. he is more willing to try new things, it seems. he is eating cheese now, which he never ever did as an infant or 1-year old.

* his memory is impressive. earlier this week, mercer and mom were sitting outside on the front steps eating a dark chocolate bar that grandpa got for him from IKEA. the next morning, as mercer and pop were saying goodbye to mommy on the front steps, mercer kept saying "Ah Clate!" he ran inside into the kitchen, threw open the refrigerator, and grabbed the chocolate from the night before. he wanted to eat chocolate on the steps again. unfortunately for everyone, it was 8am and the chocolate eating had to wait.

mercer gets a haircut, goes to the city; it's a weekend update.

Mercer Gets a Haircut. from mercer jackson on Vimeo.

mercer got his third haircut on saturday and was very well behaved. he didn't even need to sit on mommy's lap this time. good job, little guy! too bad we only had a blackberry to capture the excitement.

today, we went to the city and had some delicious pecorino bread, zucchini pizza, and mushroom pizza for lunch at sullivan street bakery. what an amazing bakery. we also got a loaf of crusty bread to eat with dinner next week. then we walked around NYU and played at the playground (and had a meltdown) at washington square park. after getting some cookies at the odd out of the kitchen shop/restaurant, we headed home to pick up some calzones for the super bowl, which is as boring as watching grass grow.

oh, and mercer may have eaten the most disgusting dinner ever on saturday night: pancakes, corn, and carrots. this was on a night when mom and pop had a very delicious dinner: strip steak, broccoli rabe, sour cream mashed potatoes, and mushrooms with butter and red wine. yum.

sleep tight...