Peanut's Favorite Things

*Sings the tune* these are a few of his favorite things.

I was thinking back to the past. 0 thru 2 months, obviously it was sucking, being held, rocking, etc. He learned of the o-ball, his Sophie, fishes and seahorses... sucking, rocking etc. And then we became good sitting, and suddenly everything was fair game. He learned about his favorite things ever, and he was able to play with all sorts of new toys.

So today I present you a listing of Peanut's favorite things. A few runners up would be crinkly paper, soft books or blankets to smack his face with. But here are the big winners.

First, I'll just acknowledge the nook. It's kind of the gimme - of course he's going to like it, it's a pacifier. It pacifies him. His nook AND Sophie. Really Sophie should be on this list, but quite frankly I'm too tired right now to find a picture. Maybe that will change before I post. Other things that are fun in this pic: his bumbo allows him to hang out with mom where he'd otherwise have a hard time not getting in trouble... Like for example, in the bathroom. Also mirrors are great fun. Usually he gets shy when he sees his reflection.  Awww who's that cute baby in the mirror over there?


Next up, we have "the toy." It plays music, it moves, it has removable parts, it has things to smack, it's distracting. Oh magical toy, you have helped Peanut quickly progress from raking his hands for toys, to deftly picking up toys. In a matter of days after discovering the wonder of the little dood egg men, he was able to not only pluck them out with ease, but do it with both hands. And then attempt to shove them both in his mouth. Yay!





Diaper Changing Toy Thingie I Just Named Sam! He will seriously *squeal* sometimes when you bring out Sam. It's a toy he only gets when his diaper is changed, you pull on his tail and he makes noise. He's soft and he has a few spots that's easy to hold on to. He's lot's'o'fun. So much so that when I asked Boi what we should get for my cousin's baby shower, he said Sam here.





Stackable Ring Toy! You're the thing that makes be truly believe in classic toys. I'm not sure what it is about it. The colors? The donut like quality of the rings? The fact that you can tear them off of the holder? Maybe it's the gateway drug to blocks, stack them up and knock them down. What ever it is, he loves his donut rings. If he gets bored, I know all I have to do is stack them up, give it to him, and he goes CRAAAAAAAAZY for them. Oh sweet plastic toy love. The wonders never cease.

 Not a toy persay, but it goes along with his jumper. Standing is number 2 on our favorite toy list. Every toy is made better by standing. He thought sitting and playing was great, but holy moley does he have fun playing standing up. His piano? BANG BANG BANG? His egg men? SMASH SMASH SMASH! His donut rings? FLY THROUGH THE AIR! Jump jump jump, little boy, you are learning to hold on, to keep yourself up when you start to fall over, it's only a matter of time now until you learn to use your muscles to pull you up without a boost. May you use your new found standing powers for good rather than evil.

NUMBER ONE FAVORITE THING IS: KITTIES! That's right, nothing is better than a soft meowing moving thingie than two soft meowing moving thingies! It doesn't matter what he's doing, how much fun he's having, how sad he is, if there's a kitty around, his mouth goes :O and he stares and drools and tries to reach for her to grab out her fur and pull on her tail.

These are all great things, but momma's favorite thing is loong naps little boy. Long long long naps so you recooperate and are in better moods when you're awake. So nap long little boy, and maybe I can catch a nap too.