Thomas showing off...

this morning, thomas was going through the letters in his little play area and as he was pointing to the different letters, he would make a sound for each one. of course it was the same sound. but he said "Ooo" as he came upon the letter "O". so i learned today that he recognizes the letter "O". amazing! you think they aren't but they really are absorbing everything around them as fast as their little neurons are letting them. and i have a feeling he recognizes some of the basic numbers now too. it is pretty amazing watching these little babies grow up and learn everything. hard to believe sometimes that we all started out this way too.



another thing he loves doing now is to eat by himself. sometimes, he won't even eat unless i let him work the spoon by himself. it can be really frustrating when i just need him to eat so we can get going (if I have something planned), but usually it is fun because i can just sit and eat next to him now. reach over once in a while to help him when he is having trouble getting a particular morsel going in the right direction.

cute, fat, little squirrel with a juicy apple. and check out my fly 80's style hip hop pants!



------------------------little monkey butt------------------------

did i mention how smart they are??? yeah, the little buggers are very smart. stephen lu (dylan's dad) and i were talking on sunday about how the movies don't really portray babies/toddlers correctly. most of them eat vegetables with no problem as long as you start them on vegetables and most babies stop peeing when their diapers are off.
Thomas has been really good about not pee'ing when his diaper is off. since 10-11 months, we haven't had any accidents and the only time he pee's when he is not in diapers is when he is in the bath. even that has become pretty rare since the beginning of the year. they are smart - they learn fairly fast that pee'ing when your diaper is off does not have desirable consequences.

this evening, after his bath, i was drying him off and he wanted to be picked up. so i obliged and he started to bite down. i took him sternly, said "no biting" and carried him straight to his crib for a 1 minute time-out. walked out and started counting. he cried off and on for 40 seconds. then for the last 20 seconds he was quiet. hmmmm....

as soon as i walked back in, he reached out for me. not even a tear. i didn't see anything amiss so i just reminded him why he got the time out and picked him up. something wet started to soak my sock.

he pee'd. in that 20 seconds, he pee'd a nice, good, long pee. it got on the bed, went down the crib rail, through the rails, all over the carpet in a nice 2 foot spread. i can see him in my mind, staring at his pee, as he presses his little bare abdomen against the rails of his crib and just lets it rain down. thomas 1, parents 0.

apples are almost as good as cheerios...