Dogs, Dolphins, and Doors

I had mentioned in my last email that Kegan had toothe number 4 coming in...well here is a picture of it. What a shot, huh? Look at both of those chompers! With the new teeth did come a little habit of grinding his teeth (ahhhh) that seemed to only last a few days...thank goodness. I don't hear him do it too often anymore!

I took this picture after lunch one day. I looked over at him, after taking off the tray ,and it took me by surprise by how BIG he looked...like a boy and not a baby! If you look closely, you can also see one of his top front teeth through his smile.

Dogs: Kegan has found a new favorite pass time at the house. If I put him down in the living room/dining room/kitchen area he usually will now head straight for the back door. He LOVES to look at the dogs outside.

He will pull himself up to his knees and sit there for a good while (especially for a babies attention span) and laugh and squeal at the dogs (who are not usually as amused as he is!). He will then look at me, grin, and then look back at the dogs. Like, I said, this will go on for a while, but he loves his doggies! When I do let them in while Kegan is up, Kegan will crawl all around the house following the puppies, who are very good with him, actually. Roo, who tends to lick a lot, will try and lick Kegan till I tell her no, but Kegan seems to actually enjoy the slobbery tongue on him. When ever she passes by he sticks out his little neck and grins real big, like he is anticipating a slobbery kiss. YUCK! Anyways, Kegan has really started to enjoy the dogs these past couple of weeks. It is cute to watch him! I think he also likes the fact that they get around on all 4 like he does!

Wednesday night (the above pictures were taken Wednesday) Kegan and I hung out at the fields with Matthew, Mr. and Mrs. Setliff, and Aunt Stephani and Uncle Josh for the last night of harvest. Kegan, of course, enjoyed himself. What wouldn't he enjoy - he had BIG machines to look at and stayed the center of attention most of the evening...haha!

Thursday, Matthew officially finished harvest...Kegan and I went out tho the fields to take Matthew lunch and got to see them finish up! In honor of finishing Matthew and I went out, so Kegan got to spend the evening at his Grandparents house where he discovered magnets on the refrigerator. Loved them...so now we have some fridge magnets for him to play with. He loves pulling them off the fridge...but has not yet mastered putting them back on. Friday morning I went and picked him up and we headed to Corpus to go to the aquarium with some other moms and their kids. Before going inside to look at the fish we all went out onto the playground and played and had an early lunch. Kegan enjoyed the little toy below...all the shapes would spin...and well, we know how much he likes to spin all the wheels on his toys, so these were great...nice and big and they could spin very fast!

After we all ate we went down to look at the dolphins swimming below the water. It is a great area...we could let the babies out to crawl around while they looked at the dolphins...or while the dolphins looked at them (picture to follow to explain). There are alot...I went a little crazy...but it was so cool and so many great photo ops!

Dophins:

Up close and personal with a dolphin.

He is looking at a dolphin swimming above. Doesn't he look like he is facinated!?! Oh...do you see how close he is to the tank? On his first attemt to crawl up near it, I don't think he realized there was glass between him, the water and the dolphins, becuase he crawled streight into the glass...boom. He didn't cry, so I don't think it hurt...he just sat back confuse for a second. It made me laugh...new things to discover!

Sitting back, relaxing, and just watching the dolphins swim around.

Now, I must admit, after a while of dolphin watching he did start getting a bit distracted by other things around him...like the very interesting wheels on the stroller that was seated next to him. He does not even seem to care a dolphin came swimming by...not when there are wheels to investigate.

I loved this...the dolphin came down to look at Kegan. It was sooo sweet to watch. However...I don't think Kegan thought it was as great...after a few seconds of this...he turned to me and cried. I guess the "big fish" scared him. Then...on top of that, Cason, one of the other little boys, went up to the dolphin after Kegan started crying and moved...and after a few seconds, he too, started to cry. I don't what it was...but they did not like the dolphin staring at them!

Maybe it isn't as scary to have a dolphin looking at you when you have friends by your side! (from left to right:Kegan, Cason, and Riley)

With Matthew being done with Harvest, he had time to come home and work on his truck some...this is Dad's version of watching Kegan. Nice...yes...those are two dirty clothes baskets (one for work clothes and the other for old towels used in the garage) Very classy...I know. But hey...it doesn't look like Kegan is bothered by it...he looks very content actually.

Kegan is riding his rocking horse that Grandpa Bruce made him. He is still getting used to the feeling of holding on and not having his feet on the floor. He does enjoy the back and forth motion of it...of course he would...he is moving...haha!

Doors:

I don't have any video that I have taken yet, but I will try to in the next few days, but Kegan has discovered the greatness of doors and how they open and close over the past couple of weeks...really taking interest in them last week. If we are in a room with a door, you can pretty much bet that door is going to be shut and then he just startes at the door knob waiting for it to be opened, so he can shut it again. He is still working on how to open it fully if it is partly open and he is on the inside of it...he can't get his body out of the way at times.

Well, Kegan has woken from his nap, finished his sippie of milk and has been trying to type on these keys for a while, so I will let him type and make his first, very own, entry on his blog. Here we go! (I went back after he "typed" and marked in red words he spelled...such a genious - ivy and the sound a cow makes are the two I found!)

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