- He loves playing ball and driving cars - and his POOH Bear.

- Ever since he was born, he has been very easy - you change his diapers as needed, you feed him when he is hungry and you put him to sleep when he is tired - no such thing as going by a detailed schedule.

- He smiles and talks with everybody - he is anything but shy.

- He is his Daddy's spitting image - but when you put him next to my baby picturess, you cannot tell the difference either.

- He loves to eat meat and is just now learning the pleasures of sugar!!! Today he had his first donut and ate the whole thing!

- He is just now starting to talk. Since he is in daycare all day and hears nothing but German, we speak only English at home. You can give him the same command in both languages ("get your jacket") and he does it. His new favorite word is "doggie" - he seems to love them especially when he can pull their ears. "Mama" apparently means everything else.

- What I find absolutely wonderful is that he - with a few exceptions of course - has been sleeping through every night ever since he was 2 months old.

- There are two things he has grown to HATE (I know I should not say that but it's true): "NO" and "TIME OUT". From stories of Robert's and my childhood, we weren't any better. What do you expect - two crazy parents and a normal baby? Yeah, right!