Monday, January 17, 2011

Changes!

I cannot believe how much Dalton has changed in the past few weeks!  Its like he's grown by leaps & bounds!  It seems that just yesterday he was so content to just be held & cuddled and loved to be rocked to sleep.  Now he's Mr. Independent!  He is very aware of what is going on around him-  he can follow peoples voices and follows a conversation around the table.  He LOVES his saucer and will try his best to get all of the toys in his mouth.  He is grabbing at things and will pick things up and do his best to get them in his mouth.  Sometimes he gets so frustrated when he can't get something quick enough!  The other day I took him for his eye appointment and he loved people watching-  he's not around too many people so to see him smile at other kids and watch them was so sweet!

He has a little temper- I'm sure this comes from Charlie's side :)  He gets very frustrated if he can't get to something quick enough or can't get it in his mouth and then he cries this ornery cry until someone helps him get what he wants!  Oh boy, this should be fun as he gets bigger!



Gigglesaurus

Because Dalton is a preemie, I am always concerned about him reaching his milestones.  Well, about 3 weeks ago, he started giggling!  It kind of came out of the blue...  Charlie was playing with him & talking to him while he was laying on the floor on a blanket and he was tickling him in his ribs and all of a sudden Dalton started giggling!  I heard it, but was in the other room.  The rest of the night we tried to get him to giggle again, but no luck.  The next evening I was playing with him and tried tickling him, and there it was...the most beautiful sound...my sweet boy giggling :)