Where has February gone?

Mowgli thinks that it's still Halloween

 I was reminded today (thanks Emily) that I've sadly neglected this blog.  Things have been busy 'round these parts.  Jeff had a workshop to run all last week (which went really well!) which meant early mornings in the office and long days.  That in turn meant that I've had a lot less free time.

The good news is that we're all healthy (knocking on everything wood I can find).  Unfortunately that does not mean that we've managed to get out there and be social at all, since everyone else we know is fighting some illness or another.

Loving his bike

We were hoping to get to spend some time with aunt Jaime and cousin Kyan his afternoon, but not sure yet whether all are healthy enough to make the trip down to SD...fingers crossed!

Since our last update Quinn has survived his second haircut, and it's finally grown out enough that we all like it.  :)  He's also decided that the orange/red wool sweater we got him in Scotland is not a straight jacket and he will wear it willingly (finally).  So great, we'll get like 2 weeks of wear out of this thing before he outgrows it completely!  Just to prove that we've gotten some wear out of it I got the camera out during our rainy day playtime last week.  We've also just discovered the old wooden scooter that we got as a baby shower gift from Kim and Danielle.  It's been a huge hit and we go up and down the street on it.

His vocabulary is constantly growing, and he's especially good with his animals.  He knows most animal sounds and knows the names of many, including Manta Ray, Octopus, and his current favorite, Hippopotamus.  He is still not combining any words, except for the occasional, "More ____."

 He knows a few colors, but for the most part everything is "yellow."  He likes his letters (especially Os) and will point them out everywhere.  He doesn't count, but if you ask him to he'll say "two".

Currently he enjoys riding toys, climbing, slides, reading his books, taking his critters for rides on airplanes/boats, puzzles, bubbles, trains, star tattoos, making happy/sad faces, walking on trails, and the zoo.  Also somehow he's developed a love for Elmo, which is odd, since until today he's never seen Elmo in action (Jeff just picked up a sesame street video this morning).

We've been plagued with rainy weather out here, which puts quite a damper on our normal routine of outside play.  This weekend should be an interesting one...rain expected for the entire weekend.




Here are a smattering of other photos from the past few weeks:

I had to recently hide all of the circular blocks that came with one of his little trains, because this has become a favorite game (see below).  He puts them in his mouth and then makes gagging sounds.  He apparently likes the reaction he gets out of us, because it cracks him up.  Me, not so much, so they are quarantined for the time being.

Fun game called lets scare mama and make her think i'm choking

 This is another favorite toy.  It's a Swiss train that was mine as a baby.  It has little people riding on it and you can turn their faces from happy to sad.  He LOVES "choo choos" and is also currently quite obsessed with happy and sad, so this toy is quite the hit.

choo choo chuggin

A current favorite food (bordering on obsession) is raisins.  If it's possible to OD on raisins then we're surely on our way.  I love this photo of him munching on his favorite snack.  

Another recent favorite activity.  No other explanation necessary.  :)

Some flying fun with mama