November Videos

October Videos and some memories

Finally, some more videos.



I usually can't catch most of the funny stuff on video and Dawson typically throws a fit and stops doing whatever cute thing he was doing, when I do pull out the camera. So I wanted to at least write down some of the funny things he says on a regular basis as he's trying to master the English language.

- We have an alphabet book with Grover twisting his body into each letter. It's a book that I read as a kid, too. When we get to the "H", Dawson puts one hand and one leg down and attempts to stick the other limbs straight up into the air, just like Grover. It's quite funny.

- He loves saying "Oooozzzzy mud" when we're reading "Going on a Bear Hunt."

- He throws temperamental fits when he wants the other parent to do whatever the first one is attempting. Even something simple like giving him his milk. If' dad is doing it, but he wants mom to do it, its "Mommy wants to do it." He's been saying "____ wants to do it" instead of "I want _____ to do it" for quite awhile now. It's usually quite, though not always.

- When he does something for which he thinks we should thank him but for which we failed to do so, he announces, "I yelcome."

- When he wants us to cuddle with him on the couch, it's "I cuddle for you."

- When he needs some fresh air, its "I pay back yard."

- When he wants us to chase him, "I get you."

- When he wants to wrestle, "I jump on daddy!"

- When giving a thoughtful or playful response, "aahhhh.... NO / aahhh... YES."

- When finishing the ABC song, "Next time won't you sing with Dawson (or Elmo).

Some Videos

March and April videos

Happy Birthday

January's Videos

Letters and Numbers

Erin works REALLY hard in teaching Dawson his letters and numbers. Aiding her efforts are several electronic toys that sing the alphabet and say letters while pronouncing their phonetic sounds. Our Parents as Teachers instructer was over here earlier in the week and described Dawson's ability to count and say his letters as "amazing." She also suggested we get it on video. And while it's really hard to capture the best stuff on video,we did pretty good here. But what you won't see, and what prompted me to get out the camera, is that while Dawson was playing with his toys, he was randomly calling out letters of the alphabet - maybe a few were in order. Erin has got this boy constantly thinking about numbers and letters.

Dawson's First Snow

Today was a snow day for Erin and for Dawson, the first day he's ever been bundled up and gone out to play in the snow.
As you can tell from the video, it will be awhile before he's taking over my job of shoveling the driveway.
Eventually Erin had to take him inside because he kept taking off his mittens. Oh, those dreaded boundaries and consequences.

"Frog"

Dawson hasn't quite gotten the hang of pronouncing "frog." But in the meantime, it sure is funny to hear what he pronounces in place of "frog." Enjoy...

October Videos

I've got some good ones in here, Dawson enjoying "Five Little Monkees" and our Night-Night Song.

September Videos

August's Videos

July's Videos

May and June videos

These are late, but here are the videos from May and June. The video of him walking at the school are from the first week he was walking.

April Videos

March Videos

Some more videos

Some videos from November and December

Videos from October

Crawling Videos

Here are some fun crawling videos.
The last two are about a month later than the first one, which shows how much quicker he moves now.
I love the "lion" video. You can hear Dawson's lion-like "growl" and watch how he doesn't stop until he reaches the object of his desire. Dawson is relentless. Relentless, like a lion hunting his prey.