Another Day, Another Trip to the Playground

Narcissus

Flower Child

Hopefully West will have a green thumb!

First Two Wheeler

First bike ride - the Pacific Ocean as his backdrop. He fell asleep.

Helmet head!

Semi-Communicado

We are finally learning to decipher Westspeak! The above video shows his mastery of the sign for "more" (food is a powerful motivator) and if you listen carefully to the video below you will here West saying "hello" over and over again (my apologies for the lack of visual stimulation). It sounds like "A-yo" and is super cute. He says it to me first thing every morning and uses it correctly when seeing/meeting people for the first time.

Baby Love

Here is some sweet (and poorly lit) footage of West being particularly attentive to his babies and Christian, his lion, courtesy of Auntie Kate. He's an equal opportunity care-giver. West is especially fascinated by the dolls' blinking eyes. I think they are creepy, personally, but if West is a fan then I am too. I think Aaron and West enjoying a tea party (100% Aaron's idea, by the way) is one of the cutest things I've seen lately. From one strong, sensitive man to another ...

Valley of the Dolls

Modern parents that we are, we got West two dolls recently - one that can go in the bathtub and one that can't. We really want to make sure that he is exposed to lots of different toys and experiences and for him to know that nothing is off limits for him. The above video shows one of his earliest interactions with his "babies". He definitely knows what to do with them - when we ask him where his babies are he runs over to the toybox, digs them out and brings them to us - but he is hardly obsessed with their care. We think his combination of feeding them, giving them open mouthed kisses, ignoring them, and throwing them on the floor is just right.