Everything I Need to Know I Learned From My Son

Observe the world with the bright-eyed intensity of a one-month old baby!
That's the second lesson my baby has taught me. Wesley is just beginning to truly focus on objects, particularly those in his nursery. This morning, for example, he stared with great interest at the zebra on the valance hanging over his closet. This zebra has attracted his attention before on the bumper in his crib. However, after his study of the striped animal, which by the way is blue and white in nurseryland, he studied the rest of the valance's creatures, namely a giraffe, a turtle, an elephant, a monkey, and an alligator. These animals seemed to delight him, for he then looked at me and let loose one of those precious open-mouthed grins, as though he was trying to laugh but couldn't quite get it out. (This, of course, refers back to lesson number one - smile!)
Even more noteworthy, Wesley has started to focus on my face, to study it with curiosity, as if to say, "Who is this crazy woman making these goofy faces at me?" And yet, I still the same grin given to the zebra! Now how is that for a memory maker?