Devin has become so mobile lately and he is starting to try and assert himself more and more. The boy that never wants to leave his mommy's side is actually pretty sure of himself and not shy, he just likes to make sure that I am never very far away. There have been lots of adventures and lots of things that he now likes to get into. Devin also turned 18 months and continues to grow and learn so much! Here are a few highlights of
April.
Loves to sit outside for snack but hates to go in the swing
Likes to close doors and open them, often looking at you and smiling
Has always liked electronics, but now has an obsession with getting "Siri" on my Iphone to talk
Continues to love watching Baby Mozart movie, possibly the only time I can get him to sit while I make dinner
Has discovered how much fun it is to put food in his hair...avocado really makes for a great hair gel
For Easter he received large egg crayons, but all he wants to do is chew on them, not really interested in coloring yet.
Climbs up onto the little trampoline and "bounces" on his knees
Devin loves to take all the magazines out in the bathroom and unroll the toliet paper...uh-oh
He has started to put shapes in a sorter and loves to work on puzzles, but he gets very frustrated when they do not go in where they are supposed to.
Started to get yellow goop in his eyes, which meant pink eye drops like his brother - he hated them!
Has started to become a bit more picky when it comes to food he will eat.
We had a great time on a family bike ride with him and Kyler in the Burley. Devin loved to lean against his brother
Even though he is pickier than he used to be, he loves banana and peanut butter, anything in his snack cup and will chew on anything (like a picnic table)
Air claps when he is excited (clapping but not bringing hands together)
Has started to really sit well when we read books, but likes to turn the pages a bit fast
Loves to get "favors" from his brother at bedtime, giving him a great big smile every night
At Calvin 5K race, he had a great time going off to explore with students as long as I was visible and was not shy at all. He also showed no fear of tho Knight mascot
When Devin gets tired he will crawl with his head down on the ground...we call it the "plow crawl"
Loves to eat Veggie pouches on his own!
At his Dr Appointment he was 34.25 inches tall (92%), 20.75 inches head circumference (99%) and 26 lbs 8 oz ( 57%). He also liked to explore and open/close all the cupboards in the office
He loves to be outside and had a great time exploring the park with all the wildflowers. He does like the street a bit too much for mommy though.
Spring has been such a great time to just be outside and enjoying the weather. Kyler has totally embraced getting his outside toys out. We love to be outside, but it also means that we need to start getting back into the rules of staying by mom and not going too far ahead on walks. We enjoyed a lot of fun activities like Easter and running in his 2nd running race. Kyler continues to say great quotes that often in front of church or getting us to giggle! Here are a few fun things that happened this month.
We watched our neighbor's daughter while she had a phone call meeting. While the little girl was crying Kyler told her "It's okay to miss your mommy."
Has become obsessed about the "Here come the ABCs" video from They Might Be Giants and can often sing them on his own!
Does not eat the best at dinner time, and now wants to eat before going to bed so we save his dinner for him
Took out his doctor kit to do a check up on the basketball hoop. Told me "there was a little throw up, but I cleaned it."
Had a great time coloring Easter eggs with Daddy for the second time.
Had a great time talking in front of church, often taking the stage away from the pastor. After talking about chap-stick being misplaced, he kept asking the pastor "who took it?"
After Easter hunt with cousins we noticed that your eye was a bit red, and turned into pink eye!
Loves to be organized and stacks up his letters in piles of "A" and "B" etc
Has been doing so much great pretending with his pretend food, even set up his stuffed animals as customers.
Took out the food scale and had a great time weighing his cars and loved finding out that the same cars weigh the same amount
Talking about lightening during a storm, Kyler told me that "lightening makes you shrink, like in Mario Kart."
When he meets new people, he has been telling them his name and then spelling it
Has become so good at riding his balance bike!
Has been writing letters on paper, tub crayons, markers on easel and sidewalk chalk! He actually can do almost all of them really well!
"I want to climb a tree like a tiger so that I can reach the clouds"
Had fun on a family bike ride, snuggled in the Burley with Devin.
We had a great time at Millenium park with Josie, Sarah and Andrew. He had to go potty, but there were no places near by so he peed in the outdoors for the first time!
Did a scavenger hunt at the Hudsonville Expo and then played in a tent that I used in Australia
Has a stubborn side and will often refuse to help cleaning up toys which leads to lots of consequences
Helps me with the grocery list, can help tell me what is next with picture cards
Ran at the Calvin kids run. Spent most of the morning saying that he was going to win and then when started out in front stopped to cry and not run when he was passed. Ryan had to get him to keep running and kept saying "I didn't win." Poor kiddo.
Has begun to poop in the potty on his own!
Loved playing and seeing all the wildflowers in the park
Ate more popcorn than I thought humanly possible. He is so my son!
