Kieran plays ball

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Close-up

 

Too little light, though.

Woke up too early

 

The long way home

 

Boy loves his hair brushes.

Eating out

 

He was probably scraping his teeth together. He's been doing that a lot lately. *shudder*

Socks inhibit necessary traction

 

Very happy about something

 

Stairing

 

Sneaking

 

Not eating gravel

 

Probably an acorn.

Swung

 

 

Physics demonstration

 

 

Slid

 

 

His job is easier

 

 

Beaver boy

 

 

Sharing is caring

 

 

 

Primo teeth

Kieran has been growing a pair of premolars for a while on the bottom. I had no idea until just a week ago. They're sticking out a ways, but since they're further back, they're harder to see. He's also got a pair of lateral incisors coming in up top, but so far they've been pretty shy.

Getting pantsed

 

 

 

Kieran's first encounter with the garbage truck

1.27

Student driver

 

He's not even 15 months, let alone 15 years.

His favorite thing

 

He gets jealous when other kids (except Uma) get on it.

3/4 of us go to music class

 

 

Kammunication

"Ka" has become Kieran's all-purpose word. Everything is a ka. Dogs, cars, ceiling fans, curtain rods. He's quite fond of it.

Today, he walked about 20 feet in a row, and he only stopped because he had achieved his objective (a "ka"). I figure if he can walk 20 feet, he can walk pretty much indefinitely, and just needs to get used to the idea.

The last couple days he's been doing this happy squeal when something pleases him (like getting a "ka"). It's cute.

Wet for some reason

 

Three wheels, two seats

 

 

 

Buttermilk mustache

 

I was hoping to get a good reaction shot when he tasted the buttermilk, but I was disappointed.

Group shot

 

When all you have is a hammer...

... everything looks like a ball.

 

 

 

 

A boy and his balloon (not pictured)

 

 

 

There are few delights in life purer than a baby with a balloon.

How to play a musical instrument

 

 

 

Whatever that thing is.

Just playing

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Feeding himself with a spoon

 

 

 

There are lots of pauses to play with the spoon.

Sleep walking

 

Breaking News!!! Kieran walks!

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No shirt means no need for a bib

 

 

 

 

Kieran's walker car

6.28

No shirt, no shoes, no problem

 

 

 

Anyone can play guitar

 

 

 

Spoon man

 

 

He's been taking charge of the spoons a lot lately. He's getting pretty good.

Not Hungry Enough

Kieran has been a bit of a bear to feed the last month or two. Lots of throwing food, pushing it away, etc., even with things he seems to like. I've been trying to work on verbal direction, discouraging undesirable behavior and encouraging good behavior. I'd like to think it's working; meal time has been too frustrating for too long.

5 words

Kieran can reliably say 5 6 words now:

• Car - "ga" - probably his favorite


• Mama


• Down - "da"


• Dog - "da" also


• Bye bye - "ba ba"


• Ball - "ba" - how could I forget this one? Oh, because he's lost interest.

He generally uses them in the right contexts, so it seems like he knows what's up. He looooooves saying "car" when he sees one.

Out for a walk

 

 

 

 

Kieran goes Kieran Kong on some cars

Child support

Kieran has been pushing himself up to a stand straight up from the floor without using a wall or furniture or anything else since yesterday.

Kneel

 

On the prowl

 

Kieran bounces in the cart

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Kieran and Grandma battle a balloooooooooooon.

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Moose rider

 

 

He's learned to get off by himself. Unfortunately, he can't get on by himself, and usually getting off is immediately followed by wanting back on.

Rice cake

 

 

He just loves Mommy's yoga mat

 

 

 

Kieran's sniffy chokey clappy breakfast

3.15

Airplane 2

 

So very demanding

Uma, Kieran, and I were playing after I got home from work. Out of nowhere, Kieran sat up, looked right at me, and said very clearly, "Ba." Now, he's been saying "ba" for ball for a little while now. Just saying it is getting to be unremarkable. He's also said "Mmmmba" and "Mama" and "ba ba" (bye bye) and even "Dada" a couple of times. Those times were different. They were either mindless repetition, a response to a prompt, or simple labelling things he saw. This time, there was no ball to label, and we hadn't seen any balls for a little while. We were just playing, and Kieran got the idea in his head that he wanted a ball, so he asked for one. And he was quite pleased when Uma got it for him.

Oh yeah, red ring

 

He knows many of his bath toys by name. Red ring, blue cup, star, and butterfly.

Future Driver's License photo?

 

Lost keys

 

Careful crawl

Gotta protect those soft knees.

 

 

 

 

Car climber

 

Tree climber

 

Having a ba'

I'm going to call "ball" Kieran's first word. It's the one he makes the most consistently with the most obvious intent. "Mama" he says a lot out of apparent context, possibly just as a mantra. He says it so much it's hard to tell exactly why he's saying it. And sadly, he seems to have forgotten how to say "mmmmbah."

Standing unsupported

 

He even loves the box

 

 

He complained very, very loudly until I gave it to him.