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The cell phone is one of those things that makes Henry either squeal with delight or howl with displeasure. Which of the two you get to experience depends entirely on whether the phone happens to be moving towards or heading away from him once it has entered into his field of vision. Woe be the day you find yourself sitting on the floor trying to make a call because no matter where he is, he'll be on top of you in under three seconds, climbing up on your knees, hands grabbing all over the place, extra-drooly mouth breathing heavily mere millimeters away from your face. Sounds vaguely like a really bad first date, doesn't it? Usually he's so sad and pathetic and still ever-hopeful that I tend to hand the phone over to him once I'm done using it.

Yesterday was no exception. I called Dave at work to talk with him about something spectacularly interesting, like how Henry had just tooted and sneezed at the same time, or how I had burnt my grilled cheese sandwich but decided to eat it anyway. Henry got all excited when he saw the cell and came over to stand near where I was. When Dave and I hung up, I handed the phone over to him and he walked back over to the bench where he could play and eat Goldfish at the same time. Toddler heaven! Playing and eating at the same time! This is also extraordinary because as everyone knows, men can't multi-task and yet here's my boy, playing and eating! At the same time! And he's doing it while standing. So that's three things he's doing all at once. Man, he's way ahead of the curve. So there he was, standing, eating, and playing with the phone. After a few minutes I looked over at him and saw that he had the phone open. I tend to be very careful about making sure he's not calling 911 or Italy, but I have to confess that on this particular occassion I happened to be exceedingly engrossed in Rock Star Mommy's blog so I wasn't paying as much attention as I would have normally. Just as I was getting up to check the call log, Henry looked at me and flipped the phone shut. That took care of that. I sat back down and continued reading.

Ten seconds later our land line starts ringing. I get up to answer it and Dave's on the other end.

Dave: Guess who I just got a call from?
me: Who?
Dave: Henry.
me: !!!!!
Dave: Seriously!
me: How did you know it was him?
Dave: Oh I don't know: "pant, pant, snort, crunch, crunch, snuffle, pant, pant..."