Tristan is doing wonderful. He laughs and plays and babbles up a storm. Tristan likes to give kisses, but not your normal kisses. We like to refer to them as cannibal kisses. He comes at you with mouth open, snaps his head back and watch out. You are going to get wet, but its worth it. He does this mostly with his mom. For me, its usually a single kiss. He also enjoys kissing his reflection in the mirror.
With the break in the weather, we have started taking Tristan outside. Its new to him, so he is slow to react to new things. There is one thing, he is afraid of leaves when blown by the wind. This may be due to the fact that only after a month of having Tristan home with us we took him to the park And while at the park we buried him up to his head in leaves. Can you say traumatic experience. The look on his face in the pictures we took at the park tells it all.
Tristan is becoming quite the soccer star. We bought him a little stuffed ball, which he kicks around. He can usually make 2 or 3 kicks before stepping over the ball. But he is getting better. He makes a big grin and laughs when I dance around the ball before kicking it to him. Just another thing to tire me out. This kid knows how to do that very well. Another fun time is the "I'm gonna get you" game. I think I mentioned this before, Tristan will walk away from you, stop, look over his shoulder at you and wait for you to yell, "I'm gonna get you". Than its off to the races. Oh, and I can't forget rolly polly baby. This one isn't as strenuous as the other games. With Tristan laying on his back, I grab his arms and roll him back and fourth singing "rolly polly baby". This also prompts a big grin. And he gets into it, throwing his head from side to side.
Another one of his talents is dancing. With so many toys that play music its no surprise. And like everything else he does, he is good at it. It looks like he is doing an Irish jig. He also dances while bent over in a tri-pod stance.
Tristan's mom went back to work this week. So the house has been turned upside down. I've been doing my best to keep Tristan busy so he doesn't miss his ma ma. As you can imagine, this has taken a larger toll on mom. She is such a great mom. For someone who didn't enjoy children like I do (being on the same mental level), she is doing great things with Tristan. She is a natural and for her to not to have children would have been a crime.
Tristan is going to be baptized this weekend at Queen of Peace Church, April 10. Afterwards, we will be celebrating his birthday and Christening at Bensis restaurant. We weren't expecting a big crowd, but were we wrong. Right now we have 47 adults and 16 kids, so much for not big. That's almost as many as we had at the wedding.
