Evolving Kisses

Robin has been kissing for a while now, where he'll jut out his chin and allow us to kiss him on the lips.  It's so sweet, especially when he instigates it himself.  Well, the other day he started making a kissing sound as well.  And he has started pretending more.

He doesn't do the sound much when Dean or I kiss him, but he'll make it when he kisses one of his stuffed animals.  And today, when I was putting him down for his nap, he had two stuffed bunnies and he was making them kiss each other.  :)

Here are some pics from Father's Day:

Lunch

Robin giving Daddy his gift

Stay tuned for pictures from our latest vacation!

Birthdays and stuff

Robin has reached a sort of cognitive milestone, where he's learning the difference between reality and pictures.  There have been numerous times lately where he'll try to grab something out of a picture (in a book, his mural, magazines, etc,) then he'll look at me and shake his head.  He's starting to grasp that there's a difference between solid objects and pictures!  I think it's neat.

We went to two separate 2nd birthday parties Memorial Day weekend, although I only have pictures of Gavin's.  Here are Robin and Gavin together

We gave him the hat.

The party was at the Railroad Museum, which was awesome.  We're planning to come back sometime that we don't have to rush off, to take full advantage of the various attractions.

The other boy here is Tristan.  Both Gavin and Tristan are the sons of Dean's coworkers.

I recently made Robin a sensory bin to play with, to give him more to do and have more stimulation.  Click here for the post I made about that on Science Fiction Mommy.

Robin's Aunt Kat decided to spray whipped cream directly into his mouth on Memorial Day.  Good grief!

Robin helping Daddy vacuum.

Our Trip to Avon

I got online to make an update, and it occurred to me that I hadn't blogged about our vacation to Avon last month, so here ya go!

It was a pretty restful vacation. Dean and I got a fair bit of writing done during Robin's naps, we caught up on several episodes of "Lost," and we spent a lot of time at playgrounds and swimming pools.

Some other kids wanted to ride the teeter totter with Robin.

Some other fun playground shots.

Robin really loves his Spiderman coat. He'd never worn it before this trip, but he often didn't want to take it off when we got inside, and would even point to it hanging up to request to wear it. We think that he might recognize Spiderman from some of the books he has.

At the Avon Rec Center. Robin really enjoys the water.

Click here for the other slide video I posted on Science Fiction Mommy.

This statue is in Beaver Creek, the ski resort uphill from Avon. The bear has an arrow sticking into his bum, and the child is hiding a bow behind his back.

Robin's not sure he wants to walk on the snow. For good reason, I suppose: after we wandered around for a little while and were heading back, he slipped and got his pants all wet.

This is the pool at our timeshare. The air was just a tad too chilly to be comfortable swimming outdoors. Then we came home, and it's like somebody flipped the switch to 80 and 90 degree weather. Hello, summer in Colorado!

Robin loved riding the luggage carts (that part of the video didn't focus, unfortunately) and he also learned how to use keycards. He also loved the doors in the condo, because they had lever-style handles, so he could open and close them to his heart's content!  We had to put the security chain on the door at all times, to make sure Robin didn't escape from our unit.

Lifting weights in the gym. He's so strong!

At the prow of the pirate ship in Vail's pirate playground.