Micah loves anything in a plastic wrapper--if I have food and it crinkles, he says "mmm" and wants some immediately. Tonight, he's been rummaging through the pantry and brought me a bag of dried lentils. He said "mmm" and handed it to me. I opened it and gave him one...and now he's eaten about ten of them.

And he's happily playing with the recycling--empty egg cartons and plastic trays. Love him.

Thank You

We went to Cottonwood Creek Park on Friday morning. Micah loved it! This was the first time this year, and I'm sure he didn't remember the times he spent sleeping there last year. This time, he chased the birds around the grass, watched the other kids play, ran up and down the play structure, and bounced a ball with our friend Zachery Kelley. Zachery was great at giving Micah turns to bounce the ball, and when he handed the ball to Micah once, Micah replied, "Thank you," without a prompt. So cute!

Today I asked Micah to take some trash to the trash can and throw it away--just to see if he knew what I meant. He looked at me, questioningly, then smiled when I nodded at him. He toddled over to the trash can, opened it, and put the trash in the can.

He then proceeded to find a toy and put it in the can.

Now to learn what "trash" means...

Micah's Progress

I'm realizing that I regret not having a journal for Micah beginning in my pregnancy with him, so I'm going to try to piece together what I remember about the first year and start blogging about his life. Most big moments have been captured in pictures, so I might need to look back to my photo folders for a refresher. Here are some quick thoughts:

Seven months: First teeth (bottom two)

Ten months: Micah can say "bird" and "ball" and has started crawling.

February: We are at Aunt Joanne's for a President's Day weekend. The top left molar is pushing through. Micah is having a terrible time sleeping. Sometime around

Thirteen months: Micah has started walking! He growls at the vacuum cleaner ("grr") and at any other machines that make noise (the blender, the Kitchenaid mixer, the Shop Vac, Brian's drill, the paper shredder). He seems to like machinery. And the best part--he points at anything and everything and says, "What's that?" Hilarious!

March 3: Micah woke up, nursed, and I put him on the changing pad. As soon as I had the diaper off, he rolled onto his stomach and fell asleep again.

March 9: We were eating dinner, and I asked Micah if he wanted a bite of chicken. He said, "Mrow". We've been trying so hard to call the cat "Kitty" or "The Cat", but I guess he knows more than I think :)

This week: Micah points when a car drives past and says "car car"

Today: Micah woke up and started talking to himself in his crib instead of crying for me right away! That's an accomplishment. He is maturing so quickly! We went to his closet this morning and he pulled the door open and pointed to the flamingo Beanie Baby in there, then wanted to see my little farm that my parents had given me back when I was in high school as a joke. I brought the farm out to the living room and he has been playing with it happily for the past 30 minutes (another milestone--he is rarely happy to play alone). He found the tractor and trailer and has been saying "car car" and says "quack quack" and "duck" to the duck.

For breakfast today, he fed himself eggs for the first time! He hasn't liked them before today :)

And we were playing in his room this morning and he kept bringing me books to read. So sweet. Love that little boy.