In the past week, Dylan met some major milestones and Liam continued to show us he's a big boy now.
Dylan's most exciting milestone was his first clap! He's very proud of himself and gives huge smiles when he claps. When I tell him to wave bye bye, he claps instead. This new skill is proving to be a very LOUD milestone. He now enjoys banging pots and pans together like one of those little monkeys with the cymbals. Maybe the marching band is in his future.
Although it's our second time watching a baby reach new milestones, it is just as exciting! The minute I saw Dylan clap for the first time, I knew it was a new trick and quickly recorded the date. We're now on the brink of the crawling. Pretty soon it may be time to retire "Baby" from the "Baby Dylan" nickname for our growing boy. But, definitely not yet!
Dylan is officially on the move. He moves around the room by rolling mostly. He can cross a room in a matter of seconds but seems to be a one way roller at this point. When I hear a little bump, bump, bump, "wah", then I know he's made his way to the wall and can't go any farther. Poor little guy keeps on trying though.
Dylan continues to be an amazing eater! We're branching out from the pureees and he's loving real banana, broccoli and teething biscuits.
His face says it all. He definitely didn't like the asparagus.
Mealtimes are very, very messy. Dylan insists on feeding himself. We typically use two spoons to feed him. One for me and one for him. Well, sometimes three spoons because the floor gets at least one spoon too. Mmmmmmmm....prunes.
It's actually quite messy for both kids. Although Liam can use his spoon and fork, he often decides that it's more fun to use his fingers, even when eating cereal with milk. This is what happens when you lick a piece of toast with Nutella:
Another milestone for Dylan is that he loves to experiment with his voice. He babbles loud, louder and even louder. Dylan's second "word" is "Baba". Of course, he is just babbling. But, when he says it while waiting for his bottle, it gets a good reaction from us and he is starting to figure out it's an important word. It's fun to challenge him to say "Baba" or "Mama" and to hear him correctly repeat it back. "Mama" is still my favorite word to hear, of course. Neil is still trying to convince him to say, "Dada" but he just looks at him and says, "Mamamamom."
Dylan also learned to move from sitting to lying flat on the floor. When sitting, he just leans forward as far as he can until his face is planted on the floor and he can kick his legs back. It's quite the trick!
Another first for Dylan. He pet a turtle for the first time thanks to our friend Dottie's 3rd birthday party at a nature center.
Liam hit a new notable milestone this week as well. He now expresses his "needs." And, he "needs" a lot of things. At the grocery store, it used to be so cute when he pointed and said, "Look, Mama," or "What's that?" Now, I hear, "I need this. I need that." And, then he often starts to whine about how much he "needs" it. I know I played a part in this one. I'm always asking, "What do you need?" when he starts to fuss and whine. But, I've watched Supernanny too many times to give in.
Liam is also experimenting with his loves, likes and dislikes. Of course, I love to hear, "I love mommy." I don't like to hear, "I don't like mommy." I hear both. I also hear, "I like daddy. I don't like mommy." After we spent some time with one of his friends, he said, "I don't like 'friend's name'" while I was buckling him into the carseat. And, I just overheard him telling his toy that he loved him. Of course it was his Buzz Lightyear action figure. I guess he's entitled to his own opinion and he's definitely got one...about everything!
Also thanks to Dottie's birthday party, Liam met a ferret for the first time. I'm not sure he had even heard about a ferret before this first meeting. He had no fear.
Another milestone for Liam. He began shaving.
Well, not really. He's just practicing with his daddy.
The little Rudden brothers were clearly up to no good and I caught them in the act!
These two little boys keep me entertained and exhausted everyday!
