Tuned In

AJ has finally found some passions! It happens with every toddler, and most of these passions seem to be about the same for most kids...but each certainly have their favorites.

AJ's favorite things currently are:

• Cars and trucks- especially mini-vans ("me's") and buses ("baa's")
• Birds- He wants his DVD with bird noises and pictures playing constantly- his current favorites are ducks and eagles and he tweets and chirps all day long
• Animals- especially monkeys ("aah aah ooh") and dogs ("gogie" or "wa wa")
• Letters- he has learned the letters "p" and "o" and spots them everywhere
• Grandparents- he cannot get enough of all four of his grandparents whether it be "ma-ma" (Grandma Kates), "bumpa" (Grandpa Jeff), "sss" (Gummies Joanne), or "Papa" (Grandpa Jimbo). Seriously...he could care less about Em and I when they're around :-)

What Em and I have noticed is that our ears have been "opened" to all the sounds of life that we block out in adulthood. I now constantly hear birds and see buses and planes to name a few. I've actually learned quite a bit from his bird DVD and can recognize and spot a number of different birds by their songs!

Children add so much to life!