Last Updated: 4/14/1998

	Talk about an infectious smile!
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Christopher's Stats:
Height: ~32 inches (1/15/98)
Weight: ~29.5 pounds after dinner (1/15/98)

Favorite Foods:  
          Baby food, NOT!
          Wants to try anything Mom or Dad is eating.
          Likes apples, bananas, cheese pizza, mac & cheese, pudding.  
          He loves yogurt, but since he's lactose intolerant it gives him a terrible stomach ache.
Favorite Movies-T.V./Characters:
         
          "Veggie Tales": Bob the tomato, Larry the cucumber, Junior the asparagus
          "Arthur":  Arthur (a.k.a. 'eyes')
Favorite Activities:
          Playing with cars
          Loves being outside

4/14/98, Tuesday - More words, Easter
Christopher had a fun Easter.  The kids had four Easter egg hunts.  I'm sure he didn't know what was going on, but it was fun anyway.

On Sunday I saw Christopher walking into the toy room with a chocolate egg. I asked Tina if he was supposed to be carrying that around. Of course, he was not. I told him to put it back on the kitchen table. I was amazed when he actually took it back and not only put it on the table, but stretched to put it back in the bowl where he got it. I was very proud.

Christopher is really talking up a storm. He loves to color and now says color very well. In fact, like many of his words, he'll chant it over and over. Cuh-la, Cuh-la. He is also learning the names of the colors. He can say "blue" in German. Actually, he's trying to say it in English, but he pronounces it more the German way. He calls the car Grandma and Granddad gave him the "blue car" (It's a blue Mercedes mini-van).

Christopher wore the cutest outfit to church Sunday. A polo shirt with shorts and suspenders. And it was a 4T! Tina thought it would be huge, but as she struggled to pull down the shirt, she realized that it just fit. I'm sure it must be a very small 4T.

4/7/98, Tuesday - Opening a door
Christopher is now very proud that he can crawl up on the couch by himself. He loves being up there and now he doesn't have to wait for one of us to put him there. Tina took him for a hair cut yesterday. He is now sporting a new chili bowl cut that is absolutely adorable (really short around the ears and back, longer on top hanging down to a line where the short part starts). Another of his new abilities includes opening doors. I watched him as he, for the first time, opened Nicole's door all by himself. That's his favorite room to get into. It has books and toys we don't normally let him have, so of course, he wants them. He also likes being with his sister. On Sunday, Nicole and one of her friends was inside and that's why he wanted in.

Our weather has been beautiful, so we've been taking the kids around our large block.  Christopher is amazing. He'll jog all the way around (trying to keep up with Nicole). Nicole didn't even walk clear around the block until after she was two and he's making it around in record time. Nicole also liked to stop and pick flowers, look at rocks, watch the ants, etc. Christopher ignores everything except cars. He jogs from parked car to parked car and stands in awe when a car drives by. Pretty funny.

4/2/98, Thursday
Christopher loves playing with cars (as you know).  One of his favorites now is Nicole's big barbie car.  He stuffs it with toys and drives it around.  One of his favorite places to drive his cars, however, is the window ledges.  The barbie car is too big for the ledge and it makes him very mad.

3/27/98, Friday
This morning Christopher woke up early, so I got to see him before leaving for work.  He really knows what's going on.  I was holding him before leaving and he pointed to the bathroom and said "Bah?" which means bath.  He's seen me peak around the shower curtain only a couple times, but he still associates the master shower with his Daddy.  Then when we walked into the kitchen he pointed to the door to the garage and said "Cuck" which means truck.  Amazingly, he knew I was going to be leaving soon in the truck.

Christopher is now saying two.  He will use it when Mommy is counting something.  He has also been using the word Boo! on Mommy as well.  Peaking around corners and saying boo!

3/23/98, Monday
Christopher is teething more.  He got a couple molars a couple weeks ago and now it seems that the rest are coming in.  It seems that his teeth come in waves.  A bunch at a time.

We read quite a few books to Christopher and it's become quite obvious which are his favorite.  You might think they'd be car books, but they're actually Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer.  He'll ask us to read book after book.

3/19/98, Thursday
We had a severe thunderstorm last night around 1am. Nicole slept through it, but it woke Christopher up. Since Tina was so sick, I got up and sat with him through the storm. He was so sweet. He really wanted to sleep, but the thunder scared him. He would curl up on my chest and close his eyes. When the thunder hit, he'd just open his eyes for a minute until they fell closed again. It is one of the most wonderful feelings in the world. Holding your baby while he sleeps.

3/18/98, Wednesday - I'm Hungry!
When Christopher sees someone eating, or wants something to eat, he now goes "Num, Num".

3/17/98, Tuesday
Christopher had a big fall last night. Nicole and he were running around the house, giggling and having fun. Christopher came running through the kitchen, bumped up against his high chair, which caused him to stumble and fall the other direction into the corner of a wall. He has a huge bump on his forehead with a cut down the middle of it. He cried for a while and then he took off running again. He's a toddler who thinks he's a track star. Until we put him to bed, Tina and I were worried that he'd fall again. But he didn't seem worried at all.

3/15/98, Sunday - New Teeth
It's confirmed.  Christopher now has two new molars.  One on each side of his bottom jaw.

We took Christopher to the airport this morning to send Grandma and Granddad off.  He loved all the vehicles and also loved running full bore in the wide hall ways.

3/11/98, Wednesday
You should have seen Christopher waving good bye to me when I left for work this morning.  His wave is cute anyway.  He uses just his fingers.  As I backed my truck past the van (it was blocking his view) I saw him waving, then he saw me and got the biggest smile.  It makes a father's heart melt.

As you know, Christopher loves cars.  When anyone heads for the door into the garage, he'll follow and want to go out.  When he gets into the garage, he'll go over and "caress" one of the van's wheels.  If we don't let him out, he'll throw a fit.  We're slowly teaching him that doing that is not acceptable behavior.

Grandma and Granddad Davis are visiting.  They are wonderful with the kids.  It's too bad they live so far away (1000 miles).

3/4/98, Wednesday - Words & Songs
Words Christopher can say:  book, "car book", bike, truck, car, bus, bug, cow, dog, cat, flower (pointing to Nicole's dress), bottle, bee, bye (while waving),  elbow, eye, hi, open, Nicole.  He usually pronounces just the first, or the first and last syllables of the word.  You can understand the words best when he's pointing to the related object.

Songs Christopher can sing:  Wheels on the Bus (does the hand motions, really cute).  This little light of mine (loves to blow out the light).  The VeggieTale Theme (does the "ever, ever" part of "There's never, ever, ever ,ever ,ever been a show like...")

Christopher loves to babble now.  He'll go on and on.  It really sounds like he's making sentences.

Christopher's Archive Pages:  See pictures and news from earlier times!

March, 1998 Archive (Lots of words said, First standing, first steps, songs, sign language, teeth)
November, 1997 Archive (First words, First birthday, First haircut)

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