Fun w/ Animal Crackers

Sorry everyone ~ this post is actually w/o a video. :) I'm sure some of you are breathing a sigh of relief because of the sometimes poor resolution!! If he didn't scurry around so fast, it wouldn't be as blurry. ;)

Had to share a little funny moment from yesterday. He was in his high chair and we gave him a few animal crackers at the end of his meal. When the animals are recognizable, I try to do the sign for that animal as well as the animal sound. As many of you know, he has a friend, "MMMM" (Moo, he just can't do the -oo- yet!), and loves cows. Lo and behold, we came across a cow animal cracker. I can't remember if I said the word, or made the noise, but all of a sudden, he's signing COW. First time he'd signed "cow", and pop, there it was!!!! Amazing!! One more to add to the repertoire of his signs...sure makes meal times more fun & enjoyable!

Happy Thursday to all!

Houdini

Another fun video clip when he was making me laugh this a.m. After bout #2 with croup, he seems to be back to himself as he's running around, again, chasing the cat, chattering away, and opening doors. We're doomed!! :)

Catch the Cat!

This video isn't a raging success as far as quality, but a little person's interaction w/ "their animals" makes me laugh. B LOVES Finnegan, and delights in chasing him around the house, "Kitty, kitty", with a cat toy in hand to try to get his aloof friend to play with him. I caught a few moments of this w/ the video feature :)

Swimmy Swimmy...

Hawaii 5-0

Much to my chagrin, the hot weather is BACK...so we spent took him for his second dip in the pool so far this season (see video above), but hot weather also means Hawaiian shirts!! :) Aside from his mother complaining that the pool wasn't quite warm enough yesterday, B had a great time ~ he even attempted two dives into the water himself, out of the little pool, giving all of us a minute of panic, but he was totally fine! :)

Shapes & Yogurt & Bananas, Oh My!

Per my ponderings in earlier posts, when you have a little one, you can plan things all you want ~ but you're not always going to have things go the way you planned!! :) I wanted to capture him on video sorting his shapes into his new shape bucket. He LOVES it and can now discriminate between the different shapes to accurately get the pieces in...however, you don't quite get the full effect on the video as himself and his hungry tummy had other plans... :) Enjoy!!

Hellooooo......

It's funny to hear a little voice mimicking yours. I don't think we're ready for that step, really...last night, we were playing around with B with the phone, since that's one of his most prized possessions. He holds it up to his head and just chatters. SO, I pressed the volume button to make it "ring", then held it up to his head and told him he had a call...to which he responded, in his little, pippy voice, "Helloooo." We about peed ourselves laughing as we've never heard him say "Hello" before, but again, little sponges they are...and how much they're absorbing little to our knowledge!! :)

Of Munchkins & Men....

I will get a picture included with this blog, but nothing says "Happy Mother's Day" like my 15 mo. old son, toddling up to me, arms out-stretched, bearing the Mother's Day card that he "helped" Daddy make for a very special day!! :)

His actions in this video were TOTALLY unprompted ~ I promise!! It all started w/ a weird piece of meshy like material on the ground. I said, "Brendan, don't touch, yucky." To which he responded by picking it up. I told him no again, he continued to hold it while he walked to the trash can and put it in! The pinecones followed so I decided to get the phone & roll w/ it to capture the moment!! You have to wonder what's inside their heads??!!! :)