Tricks!

So even though I still have no new pictures to post (check Abby's blog, I'll be using that as my defacto baby book). I swear one day I'll figure out this computer thingy and I'll share his birthday memories and a visit with his cousin and Easter, I did not want to forget about these awesome tricks that he does now. And for people like my friend Kelly, who was not as wowed as I hoped in showing off these tricks, use her analogy (for you non-kid folks) the sense of pride you get when your dog listens to you.

Standard:
- Walking, well pretty much running at this point, and I think we may have a ballerina in the midst as he loves to walk on point of his tip toes.
- Pulling out and pushing in his high chairs for mealtime. In fact it could be called his first chore, and he expects to get claps for it, and if you don't clap, well he'll clap for himself then!
- Waving bye-bye consistently and at the right time. And also at moving cars on the express way or any person who should pass by that catches his interest. And pointing at everything! That little finger is always out to explore and show.
-High Fives!
- Climbing stairs up and down, yet the down seems to be a bit of an inconvenience for him as he often stop, stands, turns around and attempts to walk off the stair in hopes you catch him and carry him down. He also has a very long "runway" to turning around to put his feet first. Some times he is crawling half way down the hallway backward to make the stairs.
- Kisses, big slobbery open mouth licks on your cheeks and mouth
-Dancing, he will kinda sway his little bootie back and forth usually when asked, and with his pointer finger up he whirls his hands around to music.
-Talking, he can do dada and mama if bribed with food but hasn't fully caught on to the true meaning yet. Abby swears she's heard him say dog. He can baby sign 'more' and vocalizes "mau" which he actually uses for everything in the sense of 'Give me whatever the hell I want and give it to me NOW!", in his sign only category we have 'please', 'thank you', 'eat/drink', 'help', 'bed', 'bath', 'sorry', and 'all done'. We are working on 'book' right now.
-Songs and play, he loves to follow with "Head, Shoulder, Knees, & Toes" and "If You're Happy and You Know It" and he can point to all those body parts and do the actions for the most part.
- Wearing a hat, for some reason this went from get it off my head at all cost to coming up to me in the yard to say put it back on my head.

Non-Standard (of course this is our weird child)
- fish face, if you make a 'bop bop bop' lip smacking movement he will do it back and the best part his that he invented this game which makes me laugh
- nose touch. You say it and he pops up to touch his nose to your nose.
-squat, you say it he does it which is so funny and was technically his first trick
-catching wind in the car seat. He loves when the windows are down and the wind is in his hair, he puts his hands up and shrieks with happiness to try and catch the breeze.
-wet willies - Stan had everything to do with this. He really wants to try to scratch your brain by entering that pointer finger in through your ear.
-Sumo stomp, if you imitate it he will do it back, but it started with his weird random goose stepping at times.
- Mr Adams vs. the Cow polk - A little explanation, at times Fred walks up on his tip toes with his hands held behind his back looking very proper and gentlemanly, when he started doing this we were watching the John Adams series and so we called him our own Mr. Adams. The cow polk is just the opposite of polite, thumbs in the waist band of the pants and sometimes a crotch grab. He's a boy.
-He's trying to jump which is hilarious because he doesn't get how you do it, but did it once on accident and has been trying ever since to recreate the first time he got air.
-Unloading groceries. If I bring bags in and he is not allowed to unload... look out your in for it. so we just have to assist in the glass jars and egg department. He loves diving into the bags.
-Kazoo and Recorder playing, it's fun to make music.
- Tauka tauka & "oh gaaa": His favorite verbal expressions. I ask him to say mama - no dice, you ask him to say tauka tauka and he will, it's also his default sound when playing and working things out. He also uses 'oh gaaa' when surprised with certain things and usually uses it in the appropriate place where someone would normally say "oh gosh".


He's a very clever little thing, and at time completely obstinate and willing to fight to the death to get whatever he wants. Very strong willed, independent, at times more aggressive than what I like (I have bite marks to prove it and he's not above hitting when he's frustrated or over excited in playing) but it is amazing to see the little wheels turning in his head as he takes it all in and works it out. He's very busy trying to take apart the world and figure out how it works. It's crazy how much he develops in such a short amount of time.

Promise pictures next time.