Favorites and Firsts

#1 Favorite:
His blankies
Randy and his yard

Favorite Toys:
Balls, every single kind
Cars and trucks
Sand shovels
Books that make noise or are touch 'n feel

He carries these big balls around with him all the time. No matter if it's a basketball, volleyball, beach ball or this huge birthday ball. He's got a serious grip.

Favorite Animals:

Dog

Duck

Birds

Favorite Foods:
Lilikoi's
Cheese sticks
Avocado
Hotdogs
Ribs
Watermelon
Pretzels
Black Olives
Tomatoes
Biting into apples, peaches, plums, oranges or anything round
But luckily he's not terribly picky.



First word:
I'm pretty sure it was dog. Pronounced da.
He says Da a lot all of a sudden and totally is talking about his Dad and following him around like a shadow. But he did say Mama the other day, and looked right at me. He knows who I am if Doug asks, he points. He can mimic sounds and his lips are so cute when he's concentrating on making a certain sound.

First kiss:
Open mouth. Not sure who got it, me or Doug. But Tucker definitely loves to go in for the kill.


First Shoes:
I just put shoes on him for the first time today and he was not at all sure what he was supposed to do. So he crawled around for a while to afraid to walk on them. Finally took a few tentative steps. Then started crying.


First time he was ever good in church!He sat on our laps the entire time, relaxing on and off with his blankie. The best day of church so far. It was my first time fasting in a long time and I might just claim that was a nice blessing from it.

First time he demanded that he sleep with a toy. Last night and it was his blue car. He would not let go of it last night so he slept with it.

He makes really funny faces and is so expressive. He is starting to interact and understand really well. He can get things when I say "go get your blankie" and dad tried "got get my phone" and it worked! How exciting. I can understand him a bit better too. His noises at least. Still has that funny gremlin growl. And still no progress with baby sign. We'll just have to wait til he starts talking I guess.

We have tons of pictures like this. Don't even know what this face is.


Things that are not his favorite:
He's a big scaredy cat around loud noises. He hates or is extremely wary of them, the vitamix, vacuum, lawn mower, other babies crying loud.

Doug is really good at savoring the moment and remembering to enjoy it right now with Tucker because it won't last forever. I'm glad he does that. I like the reminder now and then.