Some are Lovers, Some are Biters

Our little Keido is becoming quite the traveled man. He's thirteen months old and has already flown across the country five times. During his travels, he has left an impression on several little women, and I'm afraid that a couple might have left an impression on him as well.

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, when we flew out to Idaho in July, we sat by a little four year old girl. Keido enjoyed playing with her toys, chewing on her dolls, and laughing at her jokes. As we were standing up to leave, she took her chance to steal a kiss. Impression made.

On our last trip, this past December, Keido had a totally different experience. Coming through security, I threw Keido back in his stroller as I rushed to put

my belt, shoes, coat, and backpack back on. He was waiting patiently when a little girl who had gone threw security before us came back to meet... him? She seemed to be fascinated with him and I saw her reach for his hand. She pulled it close to her lips and all of a sudden, Keido just started screaming. The little girl ran back to her mom, who apologized for her daughter "scaring" Keido. I pulled him out to comfort him and found that he had two red teeth marks on the back of his hand. Impression made. It will be interesting to see what Keido thinks of girls when he gets older, will they be lovers, or biters?

Eye Shadow Adventure

(As with other things, he saw me putting my eye shadow on and did the exact same thing. Boyd told me I need to teach him more boyish things.)

Bed Head

Good Morning America Three Words

We submitted this, hopefully we will see Keido on National T.V. :)

Little Smarty Pants

It seems that lately I have been really amazed at how observant our little Keido is. As he was helping me put my face lotion on, it dawned on me that I should write down some of the little things that he does.

Since Keido became chubby, a few weeks after he was born, he's had this persisting heat rash under his chin. We tried all kinds of things to fix it, however, it wasn't until a couple months ago that a pharmacist recommended calamine lotion, which worked. We took a Q-tip, dipped it in the bottle of pink liquid, and then smeared it under Keido's chin. Well, one day when his neck was bothering him, Keido picked up a Q-tip, brought me the bottle of calamine, I unscrewed the lid, he dipped the Q-tip in, and he proceeded to smear it under his chin on his neck.

In the morning, I have a routine of taking out my night mouth guard, yes I'm a grinder (teeth grinder that is), washing it in water, and then putting it in it's case. Most of the time Keido is with me, and he must have noticed my routine. I had him on the counter while I was getting ready for the day and he was playing with my mouth guard and case. H

e took my mouth guard out, turned on the faucet, washed it off, and then tried to put it in my mouth.

While in Idaho, my sister purchased a bunch of sippy cups because Keido kept drinking the twins drinks. We ended up with a lot of dirty sippies, so we were frequently loading them into the dishwasher. Keido had a couple dirty sippy cups one day and the dishwasher just happened to be open. He loaded them in the bottom rack, pushed the rack into the dishwasher, closed the door, and then pointed to the buttons to turn it on.

When Keido meets someone, the first thing that they do will become Keido's personal sign for that person. His first one was for Boyd's dad. Upon meeting him, Boyd's dad nodded, so from then on whenever Keido would see him, he would nod at him. Then, when he met my mom, she blew him a kiss, Keido picked it up and would really only blow kisses for my mom. He would stick his tongue out at Bob, lean back when he saw my dad, and run away when he sees Boyd. That last one is because Boyd plays a chasing game with him.

Last night, we went to Yogi Berry for frozen yogurt and there were a group of cute girls there that Keido was watching. Keido loves to observe people wherever we go. He walked up to them, gave them his best cheesy, toothy grin, and then continuing to observe them, started walking back to us. He turned around just as his face hit Asuka's chair and knocked him over. Thankfully he was okay, but the next time he walked up to see them, he made sure

he turned around to see where he was going. This is a case where his observation went a little too far.

Just today, I was squeezing the last of the ketchup out of the bottle and it was making those well-known sounds, and Keido laughed and then tried to mimic the sound.

There are many other things that Keido has learned how to do by watching us, such as talking on a phone, brushing his hair, flossing his teeth, doing squat exercises, and kicking a soccer ball. He is so smart and we are excited to see what else he does in the future.

How to eat an Olive

As a child, how did you eat your olives? Did you simply just pop an olive in your mouth? Or did you strategically place an olive on each of your fingers so as to imitate being an alien? Duh, of course you stuck olives on your fingers! That is the only way to eat olives!

Well, apparently placing olives on your fingertips is not just a desire you have to be cool but rather an inherent decision. Keido, our 11 month old baby was given (sliced) olives for the first time this past week and without us showing him, he chose to place the olives himself on his fingertips. Can you believe that? Wanting to have alien hands is apparently a desire from birth. I love my little alien.

First they’re sour and then they’re sweet

Boyd: Have you seen those commercials for sour patch kids? The one where the life-size sour patch kid does something mean -- like setting up a wall for a boy to ride his bike into -- and then does something sweet like giving that same boy a band aid. Well, I totally just had one of those experiences.

The other day, I had just gotten home from work and I went downstairs where Charlotte and Keido were playing. I was kind of tired from work so I just collapsed on the floor, staring at the ceiling. After lying on the floor for a couple of minutes, it was only natural for me to close my eyes while I talked to Charlotte about the day’s events as Keido puttered around.

Without noticing, Keido snuck up on me, stood by my head without me noticing, and just decided to slap me right in the face! (Keido is so a ninja). Keido caught me so off guard that I died laughing despite my face being in pain. While I lay there, hands clutching my face, Keido then leans down and gives me the sweetest kiss ever. Gosh, is that not totally a sour patch moment?! Despite the fact that Keido hit me, I love him so much.

What a good Eater!

I've been really impressed lately with Keido's ability to stomach whatever we put on his plate. Today's menu consisted of blueberries, Japanese pumpkin, brussel spouts, peas, broccoli, veggie crackers, a noodle dish, raisins, rice (his favorite), and a few cheerios. Not too bad for an 11 month old. We've been getting more and more adventurous with the things we have given him and have found that he'll pretty much eat anything he sees us eat. Keido just loves food! However, no matter how many times I try, I still can't get him to eat bananas. Something about the texture I think.

Here's one more example of Keido's food love: We went to the sto

re a couple days ago and there was a little girl with a doughnut walking around. Keido followed her all over and kept trying to take her doughnut. Needless to say, she didn't really appreciate it and ended up running to her mom crying. We definitely know that the way to Keido's heart is through his stomach; what a boy.

(It's hard to say who won, Keido, or the Blueberries)