I am soooo happy. Whether he's just giving in because I've pushed them on him, or whether he's genuinely developing a love for them, I don't realy care - this boy is really into books. I've worked hard at getting him to where he wants to be read to. You learn so much from books, and the time spent sitting together and talking about them is invaluable. His attention span is gradually lengthening, which is great. Jackie (EI) told me a while ago they could never get him to look at a book. He's now initiating being read to, bringing books to us to read to him. He turns around about five steps away from us and says, "round" (turn around) and then starts backing up until he bumps into our legs so we can pick him up. He sits on our laps and we read. This pleases me to no end.
Sherman and I celebrated our 22nd anniversary last weekend. We had a cheesecake, which had to be shared of course. Poor little guy though, after he had the cheesecake (and the yogurt I gave in and let him have earlier) he's had a breakout around his mouth. We haven't seen one in a long time, so I'm tightening the reins again and saying no to dairy.
We are still spending a lot of time outside. He's all about the swingset, a gift from my brother and sister-in-law. He goes from one swing to the other and back again. He LOVES to swing and he wants me to sing while I push. We swing when it's warm outside. We swing with hats and mitts on. We swing every day. "Fun," he says.
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| Launching a car. |
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| Such a big boy! |
Sherman got the Thanksgiving pics from the other camera onto our computer so here are a couple.
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| I love this one! |
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| Love that smile and that precious little hand... |
We bought him a little motorized tractor in the summer, something small that just fits him perfectly now. He's only recently been able to push his foot down on the pedal and keep pressure on it to make it go. Now that he can, he loves it and our backs are healing nicely. He hasn't quite mastered steering though. He usually just sits with his hands on his lap and goes where it takes him. When we get tired of chasing him around to keep him from running into things, we just turn the wheel so he goes around in a big circle. Sometimes he will rest his hands on the wheel but he's really not into steering - yet. He enjoys his ride though.
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| Just takin' it easy. |
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| "Cheese" |
We had two people drop off "Welcome To The Family" gifts this week. One lady brought a sock monkey she had made, as well as a couple of new books.
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| Taking a minute to relax. |
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| Now he's coming for my camera. |
The other brought a bag filled with clothes and toys, his favorite being the heavy equipment dinky cars.
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| Checking out the new trucks. |
All is well here. He's a joy to us and to everyone he meets. Everyone seems to be drawn to him. He has friends at the Save Easy - certain clerks he always looks for - as well as the manager who he calls "Pop". Dale made a popping sound with his finger in his cheek the first time they met and so now as soon as we go into the store, he asking for "Pop, Pop". There are always people who think he means soda so I feel it necessary to explain. I do not give him pop!
Well, I guess that's that.
TTFN. Ta Ta For Now.
