Week 49

To sum up this week, Hayes has been busy, busy, busy. He is not quite running yet, but boy is he moving quickly from room to room-- banging, shaking, stacking, knocking down, etc. He has learned to climb the stairs (with supervision, of course). He said his first official word (that I heard, at least)---"Emma." Emma is Hayes' little buddy at daycare--apparently, he follows her around every day. He taught her how cool it was to hold and chase little plastic balls, a favorite pastime of his. Now, they toddle about with balls in their little hands all day long! His teacher, Jen told me a few weeks ago that she thought Hayes was saying "Emma," but I didn't (want to) believe her. However, I took him in the other morning and he laid eyes on his little pal and said, "Mem-ma!" I was thrilled that I finally heard his first word, even if it was "Emma," and not "Mama." Hopefully, this doesn't indicate a ridiculously early interest in girls! Last weekend, the snow had finally melted (until the 10" we got Sun-Mon), so we decided to try taking Hayes to another playground. This time, he was able to walk around by himself and climb on the jungle-gym. Here are a few pics:Climbing the jungle-gym:

Here is the new game at our house--"follow the leader:" Hayes in the bathtub, branded with his initials and then sending everyone smiles and hugs and kisses!