earthquakes and being a boy

today was an eventful day. peter experienced his first earthquake. it was only a 5.4, but it definitely caused some looks during our baby movement class this morning. yep, you read correctly, "baby movement." it is also called "family fun time" which is just a pc way of saying "mommy & me."

we meet every tuesday at a local park rec room and sing songs and play with romper room kind of toys. a poorman's gymboree i guess. it has been alright, i really only like going because we get to see peter's girlfriend, baby c. she wasn't there today, so we had to amuse ourselves. today i felt like i saw a glimpse of the "boy" in peter. up till now, he has pretty much just been a baby. but today, we were "playing" (this consists of peter lying on the inside of a donut, while i roll it back and forth), he indicated (i know you don't believe me, but he really did somewhat motion) that he was interested in this ball:

i brought us closer to the ball to give him opportunity to inspect it. he was really fascinated by the spikes and seemed to just really enjoy looking at it. being a girl myself, i really was not into it. but i found it pretty fascinating and exciting as to how interested he was in it. and of course part of me was trying to not get too freaked out about how germy it seemed to be. i prevented him from actually licking the ball--that is all he wants to do these days--and got him to be satisfied with just looking at it. he was greatly entertained just watching the ball roll backward and forward to us. i created some variety and bounced it up and down a couple of times. cheap thrills.