A Plethora of Videos

Well, Jason stayed home semi-sick today. He's just a little under the weather. Nothing serious. He was healthy enough to where it almost felt like just another day off--Yay! However, that also means my computer time is a little more limited. Plus, last night was really crappy as far as Easton and sleeping are concerned so I had to try to rest while he napped today. J and I got a little snooze in but not for long so we're planning an early bedtime for ourselves tonight. I'm always a fan of going to bed early-ish and tonight with Jason being "sick" I was able to talk him into it. Plus he didn't come to bed till 1 or so last night and that's right when Easton started up...for the first time. Argh!

So, anyway, tonight I'm just going to share some recent E videos instead of "blogging it up" too much. I know it's fun to see Big E in action. This video is of him imitating Blitz the cat. That's Easton making all the sounds you hear. He does a very good impression, no?

This video is him going down the stairs by himself. It's something he learned in the last couple weeks. We still plan to keep the gate up most of the time he upstairs but it's still encouraging if he ever gets tall enough to climb out of his crib at night (when the gate is open).

Easton is getting better with communicating lately and that includes signing. In this one, Jason is trying to get him to sign "drink" but he is signing his version of "milk" which looks more like a wave. Oh well, I think it's so cute--just look at his excited little face and arm pumping. It's from Tuesday when we went to have lunch with J.

The last one I'm sharing tonight is from yesterday morning. Easton is feeding himself with a spoon. He's still getting the hang of it, of course. We gave him a spoon at dinner and it encouraged him to eat mac and cheese (9 noodles!) and broccoli!! Previously he wouldn't have even tried either of those. He normally hates pasta (crazy kid) and vegetables, especially green ones. I probably don't have to mention he got bites of dessert after that performance! He was so cute, though...he can't pick the noodles up with the spoon so we'd put one on it for him, or just put them on his tray. The cute part was that he'd pick it up with his fingers, touch it to the spoon briefly and then put it in his mouth with his fingers. I guess he wanted the spoon involved somehow. Hey, whatever works. Before long I'm sure the novelty of utensils will wear off and he'll be back to his old non-eating self.

Well, hope you enjoy all these videos. Our day was rather uneventful otherwise, Easton and I went to Target and he picked out a sippy in a new color: blue. I lined the "acceptable" colors up (not yellow 'cause he has that already and not the "girly" colored one either) and he picked it off the shelf from the line up and tried to take a drink. I felt bad then, like I'd tricked him or something, but he happily carried the new empty sippy all through the rest of the store till we could get my tub of Archer Farms Milk Chocolate Filled Peanut Butter Covered pretzel nuggets. They are yum-a-licious. I highly recommend them. They're in the "indulgent snacks" section. Okay, off to eat some pretzels and hit the sack early...