Living with the Wolfmen

So in the 1st few weeks of life, Riley had an alter ego that would show up at 3-5am EVERY night! Kelly and I nicknamed him 'Hell Boy'. In reality, I think Riley just thought it was time to play Rock Band b/c we had played Rock Band at my friends Jason & Emily's house almost every Saturday night until 3-5am the last few months of my pregnancy. What comes around goes around!

Anyway, when Hell Boy would arrive he would get so upset and cry so hard that he would howl as he was crying. So Kelly would howl back at him....little did we know the seed this was planting!

All of the sudden one day a few weeks after 'Hell Boy's' departure when we were changing Riley's diaper, he howled at us. We almost peed our pants laughing! And as they say, the rest is history! It became a daily ritual for Riley and Daddy to howl back and forth together. Kelly out howls Riley about 100 to 1 most of the time, so we joked that he was having thoughts in his head like the Look Who's Talking kids thinking - look how long I can make my Daddy howl like a wolf! Even if he is...it's just funny!

Unfortunately, Riley was a little like that frog in old cartoons - as soon as we got the video camera out - he'd be fascinated with the video camera and forget to howl! But we were able to capture a pretty good one here! Notice how he has to get his arms and legs going before he's able to let out a howl. He does the same thing when he tries to talk...he has to wind himself up!