Rickybear went in for his weight check Monday. Over the past month he ended up gaining about 6 oz due to his new high calorie diet, so the doctor was pleased with that. We won't have to go back for another 2 months.
I am pretty much obsessed with my baby right now. Everything he does is awesome. I love love love to hear him sing to himself. I will sing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and when I stop singing, he will pick right up where I left off. No words, obviously, but he does have the melody down.
He also used "bye bye" in context yesterday. He was playing with a toy helicopter, but lost interest in it and moved on. Well, after maybe 15 seconds of inactivity, it tells the baby "bye bye". So Ricky looked up from the toy he was playing with, and told the helicopter "bye bye"! I was so tickled. Daddy was was on the phone with me, but couldn't hear it. Once we were done talking, I put him on speakerphone so he and Rickybear could talk a minute. When daddy told him "bye bye" he said it right back! I have a genius baby! =) Maybe not, but it was still something new and I was just so pleased. I skyped my mom and dad, and after much prodding, he finally did it for them, too.
My favorite part of yesterday was the family walk we took last night. Sushi, our kitty, ended up walking along behind us the whole way. We found our beach ball in the neighbor's yard, so we walked along and Rickybear pushed the ball. He would stop and play with his shadow, look up at the lights, play in a yard, etc. It was fun to just let him explore new territory. We ended up having to carry the baby (and the kitty!) part of the way, but he did a great job walking along on his own. Such a big boy!
I am pretty much obsessed with my baby right now. Everything he does is awesome. I love love love to hear him sing to himself. I will sing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and when I stop singing, he will pick right up where I left off. No words, obviously, but he does have the melody down.
He also used "bye bye" in context yesterday. He was playing with a toy helicopter, but lost interest in it and moved on. Well, after maybe 15 seconds of inactivity, it tells the baby "bye bye". So Ricky looked up from the toy he was playing with, and told the helicopter "bye bye"! I was so tickled. Daddy was was on the phone with me, but couldn't hear it. Once we were done talking, I put him on speakerphone so he and Rickybear could talk a minute. When daddy told him "bye bye" he said it right back! I have a genius baby! =) Maybe not, but it was still something new and I was just so pleased. I skyped my mom and dad, and after much prodding, he finally did it for them, too.
My favorite part of yesterday was the family walk we took last night. Sushi, our kitty, ended up walking along behind us the whole way. We found our beach ball in the neighbor's yard, so we walked along and Rickybear pushed the ball. He would stop and play with his shadow, look up at the lights, play in a yard, etc. It was fun to just let him explore new territory. We ended up having to carry the baby (and the kitty!) part of the way, but he did a great job walking along on his own. Such a big boy!
