Friday, January 25, 2008

Hot off the presses

We just witnessed Eric take four to five full steps all on his own. Mom & Dad were both watching with curbed anticipation as he stood up and went forward toward his toy box without even realizing what he had just accomplished. He is such a humble guy.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Ba Bib

Pulling objects out seems to be quite fun. He received fascinating Christmas from Uncle Mike & Aunt Susie that illustrates this concept perfectly, a fill-n-dump wagon fully loaded with blocks. We lovingly refer to it as the Dump and Load. Eric neither "fills" nor "loads". He is simply a dump and un-loader.

And in the case of bibs he chooses to empty the drawer....

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Love, love, love




We started the new year out right with a play date with Spencer in Novato. The boys are much more mobile than past play dates so needless to say we were burning up the lunches we ate together, keeping in mind that most of the boys' lunches hit the floor rather than their mouths.




Eric's favorite thing to point out to us are lights. He loves lights. He loves the light in the kitchen, the hallway, his bedroom, the living room, and the bathroom. While we still had the Christmas lights going, he loved those too. He shows us the lights at least 1000 times each day, uses his whole hand to chester as if to say "ta da".

While Grandma Lorraine was here Eric got to go to the indoor mall for the first time, and yes, much to many's surprise, I reluctantly took the plastic rain tarp off the stroller so he could get a good look. Imagine the lights at the mall. He pointed his way through the mall and was particularly awe struck in the Swatch store where I was getting my retro Swatch collection repaired. They had TRACK LIGHTING. WOW. And, a mirror on the ceiling. Eric was beside himself with enthusiasm.

Eric's second favorite object to point out to us are trees. We stroll down the street and he points and grunts (which means "Look Mom") at each tree we pass by.

And his third favorite thing to point out to us are the birds. He can even spot a bird in the sky while we stand at the window looking over roof tops. His eagle eyes don't miss a thing.

He has figured out how to put two and two together and he is very clear when he has a preference for doing one thing or another. Grunting means look and "aaaaaahh" means "I want to do this" as he stands next to the stero pounding on the cabinet until we turn on the music.