Adin is reaching

I have been working with Adin to help him with side-sitting (sort of like cheerleaders do), and moving from sitting to hands and knees. He's become more adventurous when he's sitting. He'll reach further and further away to get a toy. A few times now I've seen him get down to his hands and knees by himself, although he doesn't stay up on his knees very long. He plops down on his tummy for a couple minutes and then cries to be moved. I guess after all that work, he's too tired to roll over himself!

I love how he leans his head to mine for kissing and nuzzling. So sweet.

Erik's bedtime

So tonight, Joe got started with Erik on the bedtime routine while I put Adin down to sleep. Then, when Joe was done, I went in and chatted a little with Erik. I left and moments later he said he had to go potty. I took him in the bathroom and became suspicious that he just wanted to play in the sink, but no, he actually had some business to do. While we were waiting, he asked me to draw a picture of him riding in the pink princess car with Kate. (This was a highlight of the most recent trip to Oakes.) He asked me to put in the lawn sign that he and Kate drove over, and Grandpa, who fixed the sign. Erik looked at the drawing for a while, and then asked me to draw the princess on the car. By that time he was done so he brought the picture to bed with him and promptly fell asleep.

Erik is learning the facts of life - Joe read Erik some nursery rhymes and had to say that cats sometimes eat mice. It was hard for Erik to believe this could be true. Later, when I was in the room with Erik he explained it all to me. "Cats eat mice but mice don't eat cats. They don't have very much teeth. Just two teeth like my brother."

Erik's Thanksgiving Update

Well, he's a pottying champ, for one thing. He needs a diaper for overnight, and for naps, but that's it.

We were all up in Joe and my room looking at the fan go around and Erik said it looked like a wheel rolling on the ground.

Sadly, he's taking his tantruming to a new level. He just goes crazy shrieking his head off. I don't like it.

He doesn't like scary things. This includes unfriendly things like sharks and the big bad wolf. He has a zero tolerance policy to masks, which now that Halloween has passed shouldn't be much of a problem!

Thanksgiving Update

Let's see, what's new with Adin? A little while ago, when I hold him he started turning his head to my face with his mouth open. It seems as though he's trying to give me a slobbery kiss. He also leans in to press his face against mine if I'm holding him.

A month ago he started sitting up. He's pretty steady now, although he does tip over, especially if I have him in a room with a hardwood floor! If I leave the room for a bit, he's getting better at reaching further and further away to grasp things. Once he got from sitting down to all fours! That's really important for his learning to crawl.

He might be starting to wave. If he sees me (or other people, too, I suppose) he'll wave one arm. It seems way to early, but I remember being shocked at how early Erik waved, too. I have no idea when it's normal to start waving, it just feels like something they'd do closer to one year.

Still tons of babbling. Sometimes it sounds like word. The other day he woke up, babbled in his crib awhile and it sounded like he said "awake"! Sometimes he does seem to accidentally imitate a syllable, like saying "ba" or "dada" if I do.

Halloween

Erik wasn't very interested in dressing up this year. So he wore regular clothes with Joe's high school football jersey. He enjoyed trick-or-treating until a neighbor answered her door dressed as a witch. Then he was scared and wanted to come home. Joe talked him into trying again and they visited some more people we know. It was great, Erik could eat his candy, but didn't really remember about it so he didn't beg.


Joe and Adin went to ECFE for a while before joining Erik and me at a pumpkin carving party. Adin enjoyed being Yoda. He could probably wear the robe again next year and be Anakin Skywalker. We went to a Halloween library story time and saw Anakin, Princess Lea, and two Boba Fetts.