January 29, 2005
11 months
Gimme that camera!
I know I'm the cutest.
It's just a routine wheel allignment. Your car will be ready at 2.
The one-sock bandid strikes again.
Robbie's 11.5 months, almost a year old! He's getting closer to walking, he walks behind a wagon (when he's not giving it a wheel allignment, see above), and can stand for longer periods. This month he's been working on his fine motor skills. He can now push a button with just one finger instead of banging on it with his entire hand. He's also learned to do more things on his laugh-n-learn home. He can turn the light on or off, open or close the window, put a ball in the water spout (it's a very small hole and he had a hard time getting the ball in there at first). He's also getting better at turning pages in his books by himself.
His favorite toy lately is a water bottle. He pushes it along the ground like it was a car (nevermind his actual toy cars). This replaced his diaper cream, which was his favorite toy earlier in the month.
He's not making any language-like sounds yet. Though I'm trying to look for signs that he understands. We have a book about a kitten and there's pictures of the cat on every page. I read the book to him and constantly ask him "where's the kitty?" (in czech). Twice now he put his hand on the cat. He also definitely responds to his name.
January 01, 2005
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Robbie was a good boy this year and Santa brought him lots of presents. He got:
12 books (czech, english and dutch)
1 electronical book - on each page you can push buttons and it plays music
3 balls
1 tunnel to crawl through
1 fire truck that makes noise when you bump it into something
4 colorful cars - a present from our neighbors
1 baby einstein video - world animals
1 fisher price learning home - it's the front part of a house with a door Robbie can open and crawl through, a window to open, a flower, a rain spout that you can trow balls into, a radio that plays 4 songs, a door bell, a light switch, a play clock that chimes when you turn it, house numbers you can turn, a mailbox with plastic letters, and much much more. Everything plays music when you interact with it.
He played with:
all his old toys & books
the new balls
He did warm up to his new toys after a few days and especially loves the books and his fisher price home. There's a few things on it he still has to learn, so it shouldn't get boring any time soon. He especially loves opening and closing the door and the mailbox and ringing the doorbell. He also likes his tunnel. He crawls inside and we go from one end to another (I on the outside, robbie on the inside). As soon as he reaches me at one end, I disappear and appear on the other end. He grins and laughs the entire time.
Yesterday we celebrated new year's eve. We went to the neighbors for dinner and then went home for the last few hours of the evening. Jef was a bit sick with allergies and struggled to stay awake. We managed to stay up till midnight, we watched the countdown on mexican tv (because it seemed interesting than the U.S. programs), had a glass of champagne and collapsed into bed. Very exciting. :)