Happy Easter!

April is already half over - where did the time go? I've been real busy perfecting my walking skills (running skills). Here's a couple videos from last week:
Sunday, April 1, 2007
FINALLY - FOOTAGE OF JACK LAUGHING!!!



I've also been busy exploring the outdoors, discovering new uses for my toys, and just having fun. I now make "vroom vroom" sounds when playing with my trucks (dad taught me that), and I practice balancing all sorts of things on my head (mom taught me that)...seems silly but it's a ton of fun! I'm really starting to get a handle on this "language" business and I know when Mom is talking about the bear, or the ball, or the truck, or the dog, or my toes, or my hands, or my head. I can't say all of those words but that's why I point at them or touch them instead. I'm still learning my signs as well, but that's pretty slow going. I recognize when mom or dad uses a sign, but I can't quite figure out how to use the sign myself (except for Doggie - I can do that one).

Last week I visited my newest friend Ava in Atlanta. Ava was born a month ago and I just loved trying to figure her out! I also visited my old friend Mr. Easter Bunny (as seen above - same bunny as last year, only this time I'm much bigger in the picture). We went to my friend Ella's house for Easter Sunday. I got to pall around with my Aunts and Uncles and buddies too. Check out my pictures here.

I recently had a stomach bug - a whole week of eating nothing but crackers and juice. And since I wasn't interested in my bottle that week, I decided to stop using it all together and now I only drink from a cup. I also like digging my teeth into my cup...speaking of teeth - My molars grew in a couple of weeks ago...they hurt pretty bad, I was fussing all night while that was going on. Mom thought maybe I had an ear infection and took me to see the doctor - no ear infection but the Doc pointed out that I have my pre-molars coming in as well - which will make a total of 8 teeth... a whole lot of stuff going on in there! No wonder I was fussy!!! And with the dismissal of my bottle, I've also started eating with a spoon...I have a hard time filling the spoon myself though - I usually pick food up with my free hand and put it on the spoon, then put the spoon in my mouth. This process makes an even BIGGER mess for mom and dad (food flings pretty far when it's launched from a spoon).

Even after not eating for a whole week while I was sick, I still managed to gain a pound since my birthday (24 pounds) and moved up to size 5 diapers and size 5 shoes (I wonder if there's a correlation between diapers and shoe sizes???).

Next week, my grandpa (GB-Pops) is getting inducted into the Hall of Fame for basketball during his college days... we're all traveling to Indiana to honor him (and all of my great aunts and uncles will be there too), I'm not sure how patient I'll be during an award ceremony - fingers crossed that they serve good food to keep me busy!...We'll be sure to post some pictures afterwards!