From Brian: Yesterday, Robert and his Mommy went to the zoo for a little while. Above, see him locate a puddle for splashing. When he got home, he was wet! Below are more photos from his trip to the zoo.
From Brian: Robert has been learning the alphabet over the past couple of weeks. Above are the letters that he knew on Friday night! Below are the letters that he did not know.
He did not know these letters
When he goes out grocery shopping, he sees letters and numbers all the time. With all the O’s and zeroes, it’s probably no surprise that “O” (or as he’s been pronouncing it lately, “Oh-wa”) is his favorite letter.
From Brian: Poor Robert has had a cold for a few days now. It’s sad. He woke crying this morning, seeking comfort. He yelled, “No way! No way! No way!” waving his arms for help, but nothing comforted him until we gave him some baby acetaminophen and then some “Bao-bao! Bao-bao!” (bread). Poor baby!
He’s coughed and sneezed for the past couple of days. There have been moments where his spirits were good and others in which he was very sad. Today he cried for an hour after his nap! Here is a sad photo of him with a runny nose.
Poor sad Beanie with a runny nose
Just for some cheerfulness, here are some photos of him (that I hadn’t had the opportunity to post on the blog) in the same pajamas when he was happier:
A smiling treat on Christmas morning
Baby smiling up at Mommy on Christmas morning
Grandma Carol readies her camera behind Robert on Christmas morning
Getting a toy phone on Christmas morning 1! Great but...
From Brian: Unfortunately, Robert has been suffering with a cold for a couple of days. Yesterday and today, his nose has been runny. Sadly, he has been coughing and sneezing too.
Casually reading a book--what are you looking at?
Undaunted, now Robert can climb into the rocking chair in his room by himself. I’m not sure that this is good!
From Brian: Ever since Robert starting taking a bath in his big-boy bathtub, he’s continued to grow in body and mind. Recall that he had the baby bathtub as late as March 2009–
Baby bathtub in the sink
Take a look below at April 2009–
Looking up, April 24, 2009, 6:23 p.m.
Baby face!
Caught in the act of biting his rinsing cup
Here’s a video from May 2009 when he could barely quack–
From Brian: Mommy had the opportunity to have a dinner with Auntie Alison without having to care for Robert. So I took Robert out to dinner–just the two of us. Robert had a pretty good time at dinner, as you can see in the photo below.
Just missed his head-up smile, but you can still see how happy he is
Robert was so cute at dinner that I had to snap a few pictures. Of course, he began to tire of my usual picture-taking…
From Brian: The usual seating configuration during dinner in the dining room at Yeah-Yeah and Ngen-Ngen’s is that Robert and Christopher Ga-Ga face each other during dinner. Inevitably, one of them will provoke the other and they degenerate into laughing and/or squealing at each other.
Christopher still hovering near Robert
At last night’s dinner, Christopher Ga-Ga and Robert sat on the same side of the dining room table. Thus, they didn’t see each other and Robert, for one, concentrated on the eating aspect of dinnertime. Christopher probably also ate somewhat more productively.
Hey Robert Di-Di! Look at me over here!
However, Christopher finished with his dinner first. Then he went about trying to play with Robert while Robert was still eating. Watch how skillfully Christopher attracts Robert’s attention!
