Rock is an attention-phile

So, the other day I woke up in the middle of the night with an attack of the worst stomach virus ever. I'm pretty sure it was the same virus that starred in the movie 'Outbreak' but DeAndra refuses to draw my blood with a needle to send samples to the CDC, WHO, and Robert Cook. Oh, she loves to draw my blood, but she prefers knives, razor sharp finger nails and rusty nails after I'm asleep. But I digress...So I was in the bathroom dieing slowing and painfully while my insides tried to become my outsides and Rock overheard me. The following conversation took place:

Rock: Wait, Dad is doing something that is making Mommy pay attention to him!
Rock's Brain: Quick! We can't let him steal our attention from Mommy!! Do something!
Rock: Me? But that's your job! Think of something quick or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip!
Rock's Brain: Oh, you are useless!! Quick, do whatever Aaron is doing to get Mommy's attention! If it works for him then it has to work for us!
Rock: Good thinking! Now I won't kill you with sugar and Barq's Root Beer!

He even made the sounds to try and copy me. Needless to say, he won the attention battle.Rock pretty much feeds himself now. Well he makes us cook and prepare the food, serve it, get him a drinks and clean up. But he likes to shovel the food into his mouth, but he knows the tool to use in order to get more food in his chow hole.

With all that delicious food in his belly he makes sure to stay disciplined and use it as muscle fuel.



After Rock stole all the attention from DeAndra, he started showboating and showing that he gets more attention from everybody else in the house. Even Rufus.


He was really piling on when he showed that the Tonka loved him more as well.
It's been beautiful outside, with temperatures in the 60s and even 70s!! But Rock doesn't get to go out as much as he wants, and he lobbies us for more outside time.

He is pretty persuasive.

Marissa was trying to pretent to be sleeping with Rock, so that DeAndra would take one of those 'oh, look how cute they are sleeping like that!' pictures. She's faking it, if you couldn't tell.