New Favourites...

Here are some of Chippy's new favourite things..
Teddy Grahams ... thanks Ruthie!!

Turning our light on when we're supposed to be sleeping!!

Pulling everything out of every cupboard and drawer he can reach in the kitchen!!

Cheese!!!!

It's hard enough taking a picture of Chippy these days because he won't sit still. Now we add into the mix a cheesy smile every time he looks at the camera! I don't know who taught him this, but I hope it's just a phase!! Here are three versions taken today.
We had a few breakthroughs today ... Mommy asked for kisses after his nap this afternoon and I got two big open mouth kisses!! I also served up baby pasta and tomato sauce for dinner tonight and he ate everything I served him ... plus he finished the 1/4 bowl I had left!! He ate every single morsel of pasta. Maybe it's dad's cooking he doesn't like.... :-P

The Food Wars

So, in an attempt to get Chippy to expand his palate we recently started to give him his whole dinner all at once rather than one thing at a time. He's doing okay, except the same things get eaten! First off he eats the kiwi/yogourt, then the bread, then the peach applesauce with hidden meat flavour, then he tries the canned Heinz veggie/pasta surprise ... and forget about trying the ham & potato soup! Just by looking at it he knew it was new and didn't even try it! Silly Chippy!

On a separate note, we can now see all 4 molar teeth that were coming in - he officially has 11 teeth!

Springtime...

While Bean was off enjoying her first swing ride, Chippy had another afternoon at the park last weekend. Not much to report...
Hello to anyone reading this in Edinburgh!!!

Don't Look Now Chippy ...

... there's a piece of chicken in your mouth!! We had a milestone moment tonight when Chippy surprised us both and munched happily on THREE pieces of chicken I gave him! We're not getting our hopes up, but it's a step in the right direction!

It was an eventful night tonight. Firstly Chippy had a meltdown outside the car when I picked him up from daycare. He sat, laid back, and then rolled into the road face first between the car and the sidewalk - all within 3 seconds. He didn't hurt himself, but he made his point!

When we got home he helped to feed Dunning! He flips the lid off the food, grabs the scoop and transfers kibble from the bin to Dunning's bowl. Then he takes some out of the bowl and transfers them back to the bin. He went back and forth for a few minutes until I finally stopped him (and he had another meltdown!).

He then showed us that he knows exactly where the treats are! He goes to the cupboard, bumps the door to open it, goes straight for the Farley's biscuits, and then helps himself to the last two digestive cookies. It's amazing how he can pick out the 'yummy' food from the not so yummy food!

Fabregas?

Watch out Cesc Fabregas - there's someone after your job! Chippy spent the afternoon outside today playing soccer with Dunning. Afterward, we had a good supper! Mommy finally found a way to make Chippy eat meat - Heinz sells bottled beef and chicken (or what they call beef and chicken) and when mixed with apple sauce it goes down a storm!

I Didn't Want That Milk Anyway!

Peek!

Art Work No. 3 & Accident Report No. 2

When I pick Chippy up from daycare now they are outside playing in the yard. Yesterday I was advised that Chippy likes to eat the pine needles so I might want to try cleaning his mouth out when I get home. Today I was advised that Chippy had tipped off the side of a mattress and bonked the side of his head. He had a pretty nice little goose egg next to his eye. Other than that he really seems to like it outside!

We also received new artwork today - shortly after this picture Chippy ripped it into 3 pieces - he must not have liked the pink paper, or perhaps it just wasn't his best painting in his opinion.

We have continued our nightly walks to the park with Dunning; however, we have started to walk toward the road when a loud car or bus goes by - and since he doesn't like to hold my hand I have started to carry him most of the way. He likes to walk around on the grass at the park though. He smiles at all the students going by!

Dog Walker for Hire

Chippy, Dunning and I went for a walk today down to the park. Today is the first day that Chippy walked all the way to the park and back by himself! He tried to wander a few times, but for the most part he was happy to follow Dunning!

On a separate note, his top left molar has stared to come through!

King of the Castle

He had a little help up onto the dog food bin, but he got into the spinny toy all by himself (which was on the table)! Part of his new habit of climbing on everything!

Chippy had his 15 month dr's appointment last week. His stats were:

Head: 50cm; Weight: 10.9kg (24 lbs); Height: 80cm (approx - we can't remember all the exact stats)

BBQ Anyone?

Chippy, Dunning and Mommy played outside this afternoon. I think it's the first time Chippy has walked around the back yard given all the snow we had this winter. Once he found the barbeque he didn't want to play with anything else! Any attempts to remove him from the barbeque area resulted in instant meltdown!

Denny's

'That'll be one order of the cheese quesadilla and one order of the strawberry yogourt - and make it snappy!'

We had our first meal out where we ordered THREE meals! Daddy and Chippy picked up mom from work on Friday night and they all went out to Denny's!

Auntie Visit

We had an Auntie Fest on Sunday! Jubie, Bubba (2) and Boo came to visit! Despite not feeling that great, Chippy still enjoyed his visit - especially his new Doggy book!!

Part of why Chippy may not be feeling well is that he's currently working on four of his molar teeth! He's drooling like crazy and has his fingers in his mouth a lot. This time around seems to be bothering him a lot more than the front teeth. Poor Chippy. :(

Achievements of the Week

Our progress has been slowed down the past two days because we're now sick (again!); however, Chippy has been learning lots of new things again this week. Starting on about Wednesday he really started using his spoon well. He has also learned about feeding Dunning. He'll open her tin and get kibble out for her, and he'll also stick his hand into her treat box and feed her. He sometimes takes a few for himself - he heard that one of his Great Aunties had also tried dog food - so it's okay!
This was a long time ago, but I don't think I mentioned that he's a champ on the stairs. He'll even wait at the bottom until someone is behind him to go up. He seems to know that he's not allowed to go up by himself.

(Update: I forgot to mention his best achievement of the week - he slept through the night for the entire week!!)

Climbing Gym

While attempting to clean Dunning off the couch over the weekend Chippy had a climbing gym of cushions! He had great fun climbing over and on top of them until he realized there was a small space between the cushions on the couch that was just big enough for him to sit. He decided that he'd spend the rest of this time reading in his new little spot. Without the cushion it was low enough that he could climb up, book in hand! This picture was also seconds before he ripped the carpet off the turtle in his 'Spot' book!

School Desk

Here we are at our desk again! We LOVE our desk! In a short amount of time he has mastered how to get in and out of the desk as well as spin around front to back depending on where the action is in the room. We still have a small problem of standing on the desk, but we're working on it. He's going to be all set for Kindergarten!
In the second picture Chippy is colouring with his new crayons. In addition to colouring a new picture, he also managed to colour half the desk!

Bubba and Gampy

Bubba and Gampy came for a visit this weekend! We had breakfast in their hotel each morning - the second morning Chippy had to be pulled over in his sled because it was so icy and snowy out. B&G brought with them their old kid desk. Chippy loves playing in his new desk! His drawer on the side keeps his books and crayons and we keep a puzzle on top. Chippy sometimes gets over enthusiastic and crawls over the top of he desk - so adult supervision is still strongly advised!

Chippers & Bean - Part II

Bean came for a visit over the weekend. Chippy didn't like having Bean in his house, so he started bawling. Well, Bean didn't take too kindly to that, so she started crying too. Here is a good video of the resulting meltdown!

And our first word is.....

DOGGY!! Ths is the first word that he has said where he seems to have connected the word to the object!