Potpourri

Just some odds and ends I don't want to forget.

* Zeke can meow now. He also says "woof", but it sounds more like he is coughing.

* Zeke signs "chicken". It is hilarious to watch him flap his little arms. We use it to describe both the chicken pictured in his favorite word book, as well as the Morningstar veggie chicken nuggets that he loves. This may be confusing at some point in the future.

* Zeke has started an obsession with shoes: his, mine, Aaron's. The shoe store was a revelation to him.

* I'm hoping that we are at the start of potty training, though I have no idea how these things work. I would say that at least a third of the times that we put Zeke on his potty chair or that he asks to sit on it, he actually uses it as it was intended. (An example of an unintended use for the potty chair involves taking it apart and throwing the seat into the tub.) He also is very interested in the toilet. He likes to put toilet paper in the toilet, flush and then wave bye-bye. Please please let these be good signs.

* Zeke also has a heightened interest in nursing. It seems that the more independent he becomes and the further away he can get from me, the closer he wants to be.

* Zeke's favorite toy right now is a laptop. It is a toy laptop for much older toddlers and he doesn't know how to play the games on it, but he knows how to make it make different sounds and play music. Mighty annoying, but a good way for us to get a few minutes to check our email or the like.