He now has made up his own sign for "toothbrush." He waves his hand in front of his mouth and breaths out.
I think I've said that if you ask Callen where his nose is, he'll point to his nose. Well, if you ask him where his eyes are, he'll squeeze his eyes shut and then poke his eyes. It's really cute.
He really likes to me poke my head into Elodie's room (while holding Callen) before I put Callen to bed so he can blow her kisses. They'll both get mad if I forget and don't do it (that only happened once! Learned my lesson!). But if Elodie's already fallen asleep and her light is out, Callen will say "shhh" and put his finger to his mouth. It's adorable!!
He's also really taken to this turtle that projects lighted stars onto his ceiling and walls from its turtle shell that Auntie Candy & Uncle Dale got him for Christmas. He likes to hold it and push all the buttons while his diaper is being changed (he's even figured out how to un-velcro the bottom so he can turn the switch to "off," smart little boy) and now we light it every night when he goes to bed.
He still loves pretzels (sometimes with peanut butter on them), cat cookies from TJs, and animal crackers. He asks for them all-day-long! He basically shuns all fruit, except for raisins and the occasional banana and frozen blueberries, and veggies, except for smoothies and the occasional frozen peas.
He kinda signs "yogurt" or at least he's consistent with his version of the sign (moving his hand up and down...the sign for yogurt is one hand like you are holding a cup and the other hand in the "y" position using your pinky as a spoon from your other hand to your mouth) since he likes the yogurt drinks we make for him (combine coconut yogurt and coconut milk).
He gets really mad when you tell him he can't go outside. He constantly wants to go outside. He just loves being in the backyard. It's really hard to take him on walks though because he won't walk consistently in one direction. He'll take off off the sidewalk and into the street or just turn around and go the opposite direction or sit down, put his head to the ground, and refuse to move.
He likes to walk up to my chair and turn around so his back is touching me and he expects me to pick him up and put him in my lap.
He'll raise both hands for you to pick him up. He'll also raise both hands if I'm sitting on the couch and he wants to be put on the couch too. He loves to rock back and forth on the the couch, slamming his body back into the couch cushions. I'm always afraid he's going to bounce right off the couch! He definitely needs to be supervised on the couch because he stands up on the couch or turns his back to the edge. He's just not completely spatially aware yet.
He's been sleeping through the night fairly consistently now since the molars came in so that is great! He also dropped his evening feeds about a week and a half ago, which is nice because I was able to go to my first evening event last week in more than a year. He's still nursing first thing when he wakes up. I think if I dropped it, he'd be totally fine with it but I'm just trying to give him some extra antibodies through the end of cold and flu season.
He understands A LOT! If you ask him to find something, he will. If you ask him to show you something or to show you what he wants, he will. If you say it's bath time, he'll sign "bath" and head for the gate & stairs. If you say "it's time to go," he'll head for the door and get his shoes. He'll also get Elodie's shoes. If you tell him "I need to put your shoes on," he'll come sit down by you so you can put his shoes on. I will say that if he doesn't want to do it, I'm in big trouble because he can throw monster tantrums. Today, he wanted to leave with Dave & Elodie when they went to church, and he cried for over 25 minutes before I got my mom on S*kype to calm him down by singing to him and distracting him.
He loves to do this bashful-put-his-face-to-his-chin-and-into-mama's-shoulder-thing when strangers come up to him. It is beyond cute! When we were at Elodie's choir practice last week, he even sat down in the circle one time and joined the rhythm by clapping his hands on his legs like all the other kids.
He likes to turn on and off light switches and an kind of knob or switch. He knows how to turn on and off EVERY toy we have. He'll also drawn on the magnetic drawing toy thing we have. He likes putting things in and out of containers or bowls or cups. He likes stacking and un-stacking cups, either in each other or on each other.
He loves bath time and does not like to get out of the tub.
He has this infectious laugh. He's just a riot when he thinks something is funny. He's also ticklish when he's in a good mode already but not if he's not smiley already.
He's okay at getting his photograph taken if he can see you, like my point and shoot or cell phone camera, but he's awful to get a smile out of or to sit still with my DSLR.
Overall, he's pretty down right awesome. And his sister is too so I'll have to write a post about her at another time. :)
Oh, and mom and I compared my baby photos with Callen today and he looks a lot like I did at that age.
At the park on Friday. He loved the sand toys and getting dirty! This is right before he fell off the play structure and got a nice little war wound on his elbow to prove it.
To prove he has his father's lips. Look how far out he can get those things!
the aforementioned tantrum on a walk
the boy LOVES shoes
It's been unseasonably warm this March. Driest March on record. Like 8th warmest, looking to finish the month in the top 5 warmest. Crazy.
