May 26, 2008

In Training

"Leon, le petit girafon" - c'est hyper chouette!

Alden spent the day training. Training to sit, training to talk, it was a very learn-a-rific day. We received this mushroom-like foam training seat recently and Alden has just started to figure out how to hold himself up in it. The first time he tried it, he slumped over to one side. Comical, but also very tragic. The seat completely anchors the lower half of the baby, leaving the upper half free to swing in the breeze, if you will. Today he mustered just enough strength to keep himself sort of vertical. And, most importantly, he liked it! I think we are entering a new era.
Alden has also been working hard to produce a new sound. We aren't sure exactly what he's trying to do just yet, but he's started to make this sputtering/sucking noise that he hasn't made before. I could tell by the way his little brain was cranking that he was working something out. He puckered and sputtered for a good half an hour before he got out his first "Boo". He seemed mighty pleased with himself afterwards.
Cow socks kick ass!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

the socks look like hippos to me :-)

Ilana said...

They look like hippos in the last photo, but the red bits are actually long horns.(You can see them a little more clearly in the booster seat picture).