With my parent's out of town for the weekend, I thought it would be a good time to have over some friends and their babies for breakfast on Saturday...in other words, Rudy had a par-tay. Jannette, Jorja, Layla, Robyn, Sam, Levi, Jenna, and Nolan all came over and we had a great time. I don't think I've ever seen Gran's house so torn apart with toys. They must have gotten out every toy Rudy has and scattered it about -- not to mention the things that weren't toys that were all over. It takes 10 minutes to pick it all up, so no harm done, but they were having fun and that's what matters. They all played really well together, too. I didn't get many pictures because I was too busy talking and playing, but I did snap a few of Rudy greeting Layla. I sat down next to her to see how Rudy would do and how he would react. He was a little apprehensive at first to approach her, but then he got really excited and started clapping and waving to her. It was adorable.
Could he look more like John??
My how things have changed from what I would have done with my parents out of town when I was living with them before!
Some other things going on with Rudy lately:
- Rudy loves to get into the cabinets, especially the pantry. We keep his crackers on the bottom shelf and he knows how to get them out and share with Rufus, of course.
- He also is a big help with anything I am doing and always has to be right in the middle of everything. Like laundry..
- Or opening up a shipped package that came with wrapping. Rudy had a blast with it. He was cracking himself up getting all tangled up in it.
This was not staged - it was all his doing!
- His latest thing is to try and snuggle Rufus like a stuffed animal. He wants to give him big hugs, lay on top of him, next to him... and Rufus wants no part of it, usually. It turns into them just squirming and wiggling all over each other -- Rudy trying to get comfortable on him and Rufus trying to get away.
Daddy pile on!
- He also knows where Rufus' leash is and likes us to put it on him so he can walk him around the kitchen. And he really does. He holds his leash and walks him back and forth (for maybe 2 minutes before something else distracts him).
- He loves to play like he's trying to "get us" or like we are going to "get him." He will run towards us, then turn quick and run away and laugh hysterically. He also is a big fan of the classic "peek-a-boo" or as we say, "where's Rudy?" He will hide behind the door frame, chair, etc, and when we ask, "Where's Rudy?" he pops his head around with a big grin. Sometimes he doesn't even hide, just sticks his head out as if he was hiding -- that's pretty hilarious. It looks as if he's trying to juke someone out. It really comes in handy when he does actually sneak away from me and I can't find him. A simple, "Where's Rudy?" or "Rudy, where are you?" and he's popping up around the corner...and I start breathing again.
- He's back to waving. He gave it up for awhile, but he's doing it again. He especially likes to wave at cars going by.
- He's onry as ever. When he gets into something he knows he's not supposed to, he gets real quiet. And when I start to approach he tries his hardest to scurry away as quickly as possible.
- He thinks its funny to stomp on people's feet. Kurt and I were the only ones in town and not working on Sunday for football and Rudy was relentless. Kurt was trying to watch the Steelers game (which was pretty close!) and Rudy kept expecting reactions from him when he would step on his feet...or take his hat...or bring him books to read...
- He LOVES to put his stinky feet in our faces and the larger the reaction from us, the harder he laughs. When we are changing his clothes or diaper or laying on the floor playing, he has easy access. But he even attempts it if we are sitting up on the floor. He will walk up to us and hike his leg up -- trying to get his foot to reach to our face.
- He knows where his eyes are and his nose. We are working on others, but he seems to have those two down pretty good.
- He loves dogs, but hasn't figured out that cartoon dogs are dogs, too -- as in he shows no favoritism to a drawing of a dog over a pig/cat/monster/etc. He has a Baby Einstein book that has a picture of a real dog in it and he is always going to it and opening to the dog page and laughing and pointing at it. I bought him Air Buddies and Spooky Buddies this weekend and he stands and points every time the dogs come on the screen, which is a lot.
- He points a lot and his communication is getting pretty good with being able to tell us what he wants by doing so. Or what he's excited about or where he wants to go. And he uses his pointer to push buttons too -- the microwave, the elevators, the toaster. He is not happy if you don't let him do it.
- He loves helping his Dad at the house. He finds any tool/stick/etc in sight and drags it to a different room (much to John's aggravation when he can't find anything) and bangs on everything he can with the tools. There are two spots on the walls he always "works on" -- they are already knicked up and we aren't even living there yet! Any day John is at the house and I have Rudy, I try and take him by for a visit and to check things out. It's the highlight of our day :)
And what would a post be without some house pictures...
Countertops!!
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