Grandma and Grandpa B. have come for a visit. Heath is loving all the time and attention he is getting with them and Mike and I are enjoying all the fun too! Today we took a trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo and to Solvang. On the way home we stopped by Ostrich Land where Grandma fed the ostriches! Take a look...
6/17/12
6/9/12
twinkle twinkle
Heath is learning a new song. It's hard to video him singing it because he likes to control whatever device we are using to capture his new tricks! We got through most of it in the video below before he took over.
He has come a long way from his very first attempts at singing. I'm re-posting the video below to show just how far he has come from his screeching meows. I kind of miss it.
5/31/12
our Artist in Residence
5/30/12
brave or crazy
I was teaching a piano lesson this afternoon so Mike had a get bobo out of the house for a bit. Amy's family and Tammy were going swimming, so Mike and baby joined in the fun. I can't decide if our little guy is brave or crazy! The link is to a video Auntie Tammy took of Mike and Heath swimming today. it cracks us up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-HYXsDTz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-HYXsDTz4
5/26/12
conversations with baby
Heath has been expanding his vocabulary every day. Sometimes it's because we are trying to teach him new words and give him new experiences but sometimes I have no idea how he is learning so much and so fast. He really is a little sponge. I'm learning that even if he doesn't show that he understands or replies how I'd like him to right away, that doesn't mean the he is unaware of what is going on or what is being said.
The other day, maybe a few days ago, Heath and I were playing. I said something to him with the word "you" in the phrase. I wish I could remember exactly what is was but I can't. He responded to me and said "you" but he was referring to himself. So that prompted a few minutes of teaching him how to use the words "you" and "me." I quickly realized he wasn't going to pick up on it right away but he thought the whole process of me taking his hand and putting on his chest and saying "me" then putting it on me and having him say "you" then me touching him and saying "you" and then myself saying "me" was so funny. He just laughed and laughed and I thought we were just playing a little game.
Then today after his nap, and after he recounted his nap dreams to me (an amazing and super cute story), we started to the stairs. I took one step down, and before I could get to the second step, Heath asked "hold you?" It's his phrase for asking "will you hold me?" Sometimes he wants me to carry him downstairs, and if he asks, then I do. So I said "Come here, Mama hold you." Then he smiled and said "hold me." It was the first time he said it correctly and his smile told me that he knew what he was doing. My baby was listening during our conversation the other day. I stopped in amazement and gave him so many kisses and hugs and told him "good job baby!" I was so proud of my baby. A huge part of me loves to see how he is developing, I enjoy it so much. There's also a touch of sadness too when I see how fast my baby is growing up. I'm not ready for him to be a big boy.
It's not like me to write so much and also not have a photo. So here's bobo sitting on a ball and shooting a ball. He has been LOVING basketball lately. If he is awake he is either holding a basketball or asking for one.
The other day, maybe a few days ago, Heath and I were playing. I said something to him with the word "you" in the phrase. I wish I could remember exactly what is was but I can't. He responded to me and said "you" but he was referring to himself. So that prompted a few minutes of teaching him how to use the words "you" and "me." I quickly realized he wasn't going to pick up on it right away but he thought the whole process of me taking his hand and putting on his chest and saying "me" then putting it on me and having him say "you" then me touching him and saying "you" and then myself saying "me" was so funny. He just laughed and laughed and I thought we were just playing a little game.
Then today after his nap, and after he recounted his nap dreams to me (an amazing and super cute story), we started to the stairs. I took one step down, and before I could get to the second step, Heath asked "hold you?" It's his phrase for asking "will you hold me?" Sometimes he wants me to carry him downstairs, and if he asks, then I do. So I said "Come here, Mama hold you." Then he smiled and said "hold me." It was the first time he said it correctly and his smile told me that he knew what he was doing. My baby was listening during our conversation the other day. I stopped in amazement and gave him so many kisses and hugs and told him "good job baby!" I was so proud of my baby. A huge part of me loves to see how he is developing, I enjoy it so much. There's also a touch of sadness too when I see how fast my baby is growing up. I'm not ready for him to be a big boy.
It's not like me to write so much and also not have a photo. So here's bobo sitting on a ball and shooting a ball. He has been LOVING basketball lately. If he is awake he is either holding a basketball or asking for one.
5/12/12
5/9/12
we call it ice cream
Heath has been asking for ice cream a lot lately. In the morning for breakfast, for a snack, at lunch, before dinner. We have ice cream in the house here and there but we don't buy it a lot because when we do it doesn't last long. So the last couple days when Heath has asked for his ice cream we've been putting some greek yogurt in his mini cones. He loves it! It's messier than ice cream but he's so happy about it that we don't mind at all. apologies for the blurry cell phone picture.
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