Monday was Mason's first day where he walked more than he crawled. His coordination in the last few days has drastically improved. It is crazy to watch! Today marks almost a month since he took his first wobbly steps into space. Before that he would only move from furniture to furniture. Now he can push himself to standing and strut around. With his skinny little legs, it's adorable.
Now onto the subject of this post, Mason's obsessions these days...
Wheels: Ok, the kid has been fascinated by wheels for some time now. It is just starting to get very troublesome. He will NOT sit in a shopping cart any more. He gets mad because he just wants to push the cart, not to mention every other cart that passes by. If he would stand and push the cart with me walking behind him it wouldn't be so bad. But, no. He wants to be on the floor, scooting along side the cart where he can push, pull, and manipulate it. So, we just end up with him on the floor, blocking most of the aisle, getting mad that if I try to direct the cart elsewhere. Snacks are the only thing that seem to keep him occupied and in the cart. Aside from just shopping, he gets pretty huffy whenever we get near anything with wheels that I try to keep him away from. He would rather push the stroller than ride. He wants to steal kids toys with wheels. Not rolling over him with the dolly while moving was tricky. He wants to touch car tires in parking lots. I even caught him pushing a man in his wheelchair at church a few weeks ago. I bought him some toys with wheels, but they are not forbidden so they aren't as exciting.
Water: Once again, something he has been fascinated with for awhile. When Damen is gone and I have to shower, he is right there with his arm through the shower curtain trying to touch the water. He sticks his hands in cups. He was afraid of the swimming pool at our apartment the first few times, but once he got used to it he started pointing to it every time we walked past. He loves the bath...but more than that he loves splashing in the sink. I set him by the sink while I do dishes now and he lets the water run over his hands. He gets pretty mad when I move him. Putting him in the sink cheers him up when he is sad. He loves streams and points and grunts whenever he sees any type of running water. He doesn't like the sprinklers when the water falls on his head, but he'll sit next to the sprinkler and stick his hand in the water indefinitely. We usually change him once a day because he manages to get so wet.
Buttons: The boy loves to push buttons. This also extends to switches. He knows which button opens the garage door. He pounds random numbers on the garage keypad and then hits the "Enter" button, because he knows that's what you do. He always wants to touch the keyboard while we are on the computer. He loves the iPhone. He will push the button at the bottom to turn the phone on and swipe to unlock it. He's pretty good at swiping to get between screens and loves to type on the keypad. He knows the light switch turns on and off the lights, and lately that has been his favorite. He can't reach most light switches, but he knows if he climbs up a few stairs in the stairway he can reach the switch on the wall there. Remote controls are awesome. Toys with buttons are awesome.
In other Mason related news...he now has 16 teeth. He got four molars last month and his four canine teeth this month. He slept through the night for the last 3 weeks in a row! (Camping this weekend has set us back a few days.) I can't believe it is really happening, it has been such a relief. He is getting much more vocal, but still doesn't say a lot of intelligible words. He says "out" because he wants to go outside most of the time. If you don't listen to him, he will bring a shoe and drop it on your foot to make it clear that he wants to go outside. It's pretty funny. He got his first pair of walking shoes last week and he cried when we first put them on his feet. After he figured out they let him walk on hot pavement, he was happy to let us put on his shoes. He is getting so big so fast, and figuring out new things every day!
