The Sweetest Things

This last week, Kai has been beyond adorable. We're having so much fun together and laughing every day. There are several things that I just don't want to forget.

**Babbling--Kai has started to babble and it just melts my heart. We're hearing "BaBaBa" and every once in a while "MaMaMa" is creeping in. I love it! He also will copy me making a raspberry noise. His isn't very good but it's so cute the way he tries. He ends up with drool all over!

**Singing--It's obvious now that some songs have become quite familiar to him. For example, last night he was very tired and in the bathtub he started to get grumpy. To cheer him up, I started to sing "I love you" (yes, the Barney version). He LOVED it!! On my second time around he started to sing with me as loud as he could. We then went through just about every song I could think of and he was so excited, smiling, laughing, and singing along.

**Reading--Kai has decided that books are the best thing ever! Not that this is a surprise, considering that we're his parents, but it's been so fun. While eating had been a challenge, we have found a new distraction that makes it much easier--a book. I sit him in the highchair with his favorite book and he'll get so into turning the pages and touching everything that he eats almost without protest--even meats and veggies! It's so cute to see an 8-month old reading at the table like the adults.

**New games--Kai has discovered 2 new games that are especially endearing, the "Wee game" and "Give me 5". The Wee game originated with us taking his socks off by counting to 3 and then pulling real quick. He liked this so much that he now takes his sock, stuffs it in his mouth and while biting on it, stretches it out and then lets go. I, of course, count to 3 for him and say "Weeeeee!" The Give me 5 game is just that. I was trying to teach Kai to give me a high five by holding out my hand and saying give me 5. When he touches my hand I respond with a "Cha-ching! sound that he loves. Now anytime I hold up my hand and say "Give me 5!" he grins and reaches for the hand and just lights up when I say "Cha-ching!"

**Looking for Mommy--Kai is quite familiar with the door to his room, at least he knows that's where Mommy comes from. At the end of naps, or occasionally at night, he can be found on his tummy with his hands firmly holding the top of the bumper to pull it down so he can peer out at the door. It's so cute to come into his room and see him just waiting for me.