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We just wanted to write a post just to give all of you that haven’t seen Keegan in a while a little glimpse of his life right now. Maybe it is just an excuse for posting some cute pictures.

As we mentioned in previous posts, he has started developing quite a personality. He is still very smiley, and most of all is SO excited about life. He seems to have inherited “the loudness factor” from mom: he will let you…and the whole neighborhood know if he is excited (or upset). There is nothing better than watching him screech in delight, while doing his goofy happy dance (unfortunately it is impossible to describe…we will try to get it on video). His whole face light up, and his huge grin almost shows all of his 10 teeth.

He is also very “determined”: he thinks he knows what he wants, and there is no way to convince him otherwise. This is why we have given up, for now, to make him nap at home on the weekends. Mr Keegan has NO problems napping at daycare. In fact he requires no help whatsoever, except a small back rub. At home, however, it is a totally different story: we tried everything, from rocking him, to laying down with him in a big bed, to letting him cry: and our “determined” little one proceeded to cry for 2.5 hours, with no sleep. So now, with our doctor blessing, we are either let him nap in the car or in the stroller. Both of those methods, usually, got him to sleep withing minutes and for a nice solid couple hours. So, yeah, we are “bad parents”, but hey, he needs sleep and we are exhausted: remember, he wakes up most day between 5 and 5.30 am…

Mr social butterfly, the little baby that would smile at everyone and let anyone hold him, also managed to turn into a shy little boy. he is still very interested in everything that is going on, but he usually rather watch from the sidelines for a while before joining in. And we are talking about ANY situation, including daycare. Every single morning, he plays the shy guy when we drop him off, even if he knows the place very well. In fact he is really excited about being there. He is running happily in the building till he gets to his room, and shy guy appears. When other kids or adults are around, he needs some mommie’s, mainly, contact to feel OK. Again, this is pretty normal for toddlers, even if not everyone goes thought separation anxiety quite as much.

Of course we are trying to arrange as much social occasion as possible…so mom can also have a better social  life. We like to go play to the Mission bay playground, and sometimes a little friend from daycare, MacKenzie, joins us there. Keegan is usually very excited about it:he is showing off and prancing around to impress her. They like to slide together.

Last week, we went also to a fun 1 year birthday party. Our friends Krista and Eric’s little guy. It was a lot of fun. We even managed to have a little adult party first, because most kids were napping: Torin in his crib, and Keegan in the car down the street with dad. Keegan pulled the shy/mommie cards but after about an hour was OK: I bet it was the delicious, homemade chocolate/nutella ice cream sandwiches.

Torin enjoying his birthday cake

When he felt comfortable, he was all over, playing with the birthday boy- he was the only other boy after all– and all his toys and climbing on the slide.

 Dude, show some respect: kiss the hand if you want to play with my slide

The highlight of this playtime? The jacuzzi dance. Guess who initiated it? Little detail: their jacuzzi is not in ground like ours, but it didn’t matter. We had both kids dancing, and jumping on the cover like mad men. It was fun though, and no accidents were reported.

Even after all this excitment, keegan still had energy to spare, and he decided to runup and down the driveway a few time. Who needs toys, when you have an uphill driveway?

Some of his favorite games/toys right now (beside dancing and sweeping on the jacuzzi cover):

• chasing and being chased
• songs and music
• sand
• pushing and dragging noisy toys
• his busy ball popper
• books!
• blocks and shape sorters
• throwing ANYTHING
• balls, small and big

• loud noises
• ringing the doorbell (and pushing any button)
• splashing water

He has started enjoying stuffed animals too, the softer the better: he likes to rub their soft fur on his face.

the teddy bear that grandma brought him when he was born

So, while on some days we feel like the “terrible twos” have started already, overall we are very excited about this chapter in our little guy’s life and we are enjoying watching him change and develop in front of our eyes.

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