The Bebej Blog: Devin -- July 2016

So this month brought a bunch of new adventures. Devin officially started working with Early On to increase his speech and we have found wonderful therapists who are so helpful. He did not like his first group experience, but hopefully that will change as he gets used to it. We spent a lot of time at the pool which Devin loves and has become more and more confident but still does not want to let go of mommy when in the water (only when he is not letting go of Daddy). We ended the month with a great experience with camping at the Conference grounds with a great group of friends from church. Here are a few more highlights from this month.

Devin loves to be held and snuggled when he wakes up and to look out his window, pointing out all kinds of different things
While cleaning up VBS from last month, he loves to walk around in the sanctuary like he owns the church!
We have been working with him a lot with mimicking us and facial expressions. He also loves to play peek-a-boo lately too.
He will not eat ice cream, so we tried to tempt him with sprinkles but all he did was to pick off the sprinkles!
Every time we go to the pool Devin loves to run and get his puddle jumper right away
Devin wants to be outside all the time and will often bring me his shoes
While at the pet store, he loves to look at the fish and when we checked out he "tried" a few dog biscuits, but did not like the taste and had some great faces
Devin loves to eat waffles, but will not eat pancakes or french toast!
We went to North Ravines Park to do some hiking and Devin loved it. He really does love to just walk and walk if given the chance and barely asks to be picked up
We have been working on getting him to color and even though it is not his favorite activity, he does do a few scribbles every once in a while.
When Kyler and Daddy play Wii, if Devin hears the music he will come running to watch. This can be very hard when I am trying to get him to bed, so we must mute the game until then
At dinner time, Devin got a new chair called a Svan chair that he has really loves
Once we got to the camp ground, Devin was not happy at all, but thankfully after lots of walking around (and many people pulling him in his wagon) he began to enjoy it.
Devin likes to be pushed in the swing but will giggle and do the signs for "All Done" and "More" over and over again which causes us to stop and start pushing him often
As previously mentioned, he did not like ice cream, but during camping he ate almost all my ice cream!
We tried to have Kyler and Devin sleep in the same room, but Devin was just too excited and kept his brother us all night!
Much to mommy's dismay, Devin does not like the beach at all! Not sure if it is the sand or the waves, but he hated it and did not want to be there at all
While making waffles, Devin thought it would be fun to try and eat his Styrofoam cup, yep not the best taste again!
We spent the morning in Grand Haven and though he did not like the shopping much, he did love riding on the Trolley and kept signing "More" whenever we would stop at a light
Kyler did not nap while camping but Devin did which meant he would wake earlier and then would often go and poke at his older brother in the morning to wake him
Grandpa bought him a push up and he LOVED it!
When doing nursery in church, Devin actually did not mind me holding another baby!
Working on painting but always just wants to use the water and not the paints
We went blueberry picking with Grammy and Papa, but Devin ate over a pound of blueberries from my bucket!
Eating out at Rainbow Grill, Devin did really well and loves their grilled cheese
While in nursery at the end of the month, Devin thought he should hide his lovey and had many people looking everywhere for it! (he hid it in the play oven)