The Robbins' Nest: Spring is for growing

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Spring is for growing

BABY ROBBINS

Well spring is in full tilt and our little baby bird is really taking off these days! He has mastered so many new things of late it is almost hard to keep track of them all. He is scooting around on his belly really well kind of crawling backwards. He can go for quite a distance before you know it! He is also up on both hands and knees now rocking back and forth. He can kind of jump forward a little in this position but mostly he ends up going backwards. He is very ready to crawl and gets a little frustrated when he moves further away from his target rather than closer too.

Speaking of frustration, it's been a tough month for our little guy he has gotten his first tooth. He did really well on the whole but we had some long nights along the way. The tooth is out now but not us all the way so we are still having a little trouble.

So between the tooth and the crawling Payton has learned a little about frustration and has developed a funny quirk to show us he is up-set. He puts his arms out to the side a little ways out from his body and stiffens them, while this is going on he grunts, purses his lips and turns a little bit red. Now I must admit the first time this happened I didn't know what he was doing and it was hysterically funny so I might have encouraged him a little bit to continue this behavior (but it was really funny!)

A week ago Tuesday we had our first swim lesson and our second last night. Payton was such a trooper both classes. We had no troubles with him in the water, and he went thru all the exercises like a pro. He goes under the water, floats on his back, climbs out of the pool and goes down the slide and into the pool with ease (and help of course). The only thing that he does not like is when we have to pour the cup of water over his head. Under the water ok, pour water over his head not ok.

And finally this last weekend Payton learned how to clap. He is very proud of himself and so are we. It's the new favorite thing and he does it all the time, it's very sweet.

It's also been a very busy month in our household. We had to get a new A/C unit and furnace which was kind of a bummer but we are looking forward to a nice cool house this summer. We also put new shades up in our sunporch. It looks great the room has come together nicely and I think that we will be spending may summer days and nights out there.