November 24, 2012

Our son, the energizer bunny...

So it seems that Noah is never happy to enjoy his latest accomplishment; as soon as he's mastered one new skill he's on to the next!  He's only been crawling for about 4 weeks and for the past 3 weeks he's been pulling himself up on furniture and laundry baskets.  He's already good at lowering himself down slowly, instead of just plopping down.  He can even stand unassisted for about 3-5 seconds sometimes.  A few things he loves:

~Oranges, or anything sour (lemons, kiwi, etc.)
~His "Mr. Brown Can Moo" book, he will sit still and quiet while I read it over and over again
~Daddy's keyboard and/or Mommy's laptop
~Cuddle time before bed with Mommy & Daddy
~Timmy Time on Netflix
~Mommy signing the Winnie the Pooh theme song
~Showers with Mommy or Daddy and getting to crawl around naked for a bit after

For the past month or so he's started to prefer to be with Daddy than Mommy unless it's food or nap time.  As soon as Daddy walks in the house from work all he wants is for Daddy to hold him and walk and explore the whole house and yard.  Matt says he feels like the chef in Ratatouille, being controlled by wherever Noah leans towards.  Noah knows to look for Daddy in his office.  He knows to crawl from the living room, up the step into the hall and into the office.  When he does it in the morning when Daddy's at work he's quite confused and disappointed when he doesn't find him.

He's also gotten really good with his pincer grip.  He's able to pick up small things and lately has been using his pointer finger to point/poke/touch things.  He also has finally started to take a bottle occasionally.  Usually I only try if we're in the car and have no choice or if he's really distracted while we're out and about.  He just wants to keep looking around and interacting with people so the bottle can move with him.

Here are some pictures of Noah's first pumpkin