These are really big shoes to fill...

As you can see, Keaton has a fascination with shoes right now!

Since he is growing up so very fast,

here are some of Keaton's favorite things to do:

(This list is kind-of long so just skip it if you aren't interested, it is more for us to remember and to update our family and his birth family than anything else)

* Hide toys under the couch. It is very exciting when he finds them a few days later while making clean-up quite interesting.

*Signs: Please, Thank-you, Excuse me, Eat, Drink, Milk, Hat, I love you, Dog, Cat, Help (kind of,we are working on that one, he keeps wanting to try to say it by talking), More, when he is hurt he pats his head and then shows you what hurts (comes from us saying Oh did you bonk your head and patting our heads) he says that he bonks his toe etc., brush teeth, wash hands, bath, sleep, pacifier, comb hair, I don't know or Where did it go, hi, bye, blowing kisses. There may be others but that is all that I can think of now.

*Knows where his eyes, ears, nose, mouth, belly button, hair and feet are.

*When you tell him to say it with his mouth he will say: Down (Doww), Dog, Daddy (sometimes comes out Deeda), Mama, Nana, Car (caa), Ball (baaaal).

*Has said the following things once or twice: Look, Eyes, Eat, Ok (K). He attempts to say everything but most often it comes out in some form of gibberish usually starting with a D.

*Loves playing outside.

*His Motor skills are really progressing, he spent a half hour putting the lid on and off of a container the other day.

*Attempts to put his shoes, hat, and clothes on by himself.

* Tries to comb his own hair and brushes his own teeth (this requires lots of shaking of the head and no movement of the hand!). He has 11 teeth now and any day the last molar will be popping through.

*Has a VERY vivid imagination already. We have been having a problem with nightmares, it took us a while to realize that is what the problem was. The past week he has been sleeping with the light on and he is finally over the hump for the time being. He was in bed with Mommy for a while a couple of mornings ago when he saw the comforter on our bed bunched up. He started pointing and saying Dog, Dog. Mommy patted it down and showed him that it wasn't a dog and decided to turn on the light to dispel any fears. Then he was leery of the Kleenex because the heater was on and it was blowing the Kleenex back and forth. It is entertaining... during the day!!

*He has to laugh when everyone else is laughing, even when he has NO clue what is funny.

* LOVES to chase and be chased. We have pretended that he scares us and we let out a little scream to prove it. So now he has to squeal when he gets scared or is really excited.

* Everyone gets hugs and kisses when ever they want we have a VERY loving little boy.

Lastly, running is the favorite mode of transportation!