Year One of Khai

I have successfully made it through one entire long (yet short) year...full of mischieve, mayhem and cherrios. Its been a great year. I've discovered many new things, done many exciting things and am ready for the next level. I suppose they now call me a Toddler.. or as I would prefer....Big Boy.



Here are some of the things I like and can do (update since last month):

Television -

• Dora the Explorer - this is A-Number ONE in my world..
• Go Diego Go - Diego is Dora's cousin.. he's not too bad either.
• Super Why
• The Good Night Show
• The Wonder Pets
• Yo Gabba Gabba
• Moose A. Moose and Zee from The Noggin Channel
• Noddy
• Elmo
• Ok...the list goes on, obviously I'm a TV addict for now.

Food and Snacks -

• CHERRIOS!!! - I am an addict.
• Baby Mum Mums - gotta have them.
• Pears, Apples, Mango's, Banana's... I like it all.
• Yogurt, Sherbert, Ice cream
• Chamomile Tea
• Chicken
• Rice
• Tofu
• Cheese
• Whole milk
• I pretty much eat anything I can put in my mouth. I'm not very picky. If its on your plate, I want it.

Toys -

• My walker - aka my car...aka my ride.
• The computer - I love playing on the internet.
• Empty water bottles and boxes
• My alphabet magnets
• Balls
• Nesting cups
• Cell phones
• Remote controls
• R2D2
• Kitties
• Pillows
• Mommy - climbing all over her especially.

Habits & Quirks-

• Nose scrunching - especially when I'm happy.
• Picking my nose
• Biting Mommy
• Farting like Daddy
• Pulling on my ear
• Fuss when Mommy enters the room to get my way.
• Shaking my head to say no, and also when i'm happy and dancing.
• Dancing
• Trying to stand on my head.

Accomplishments -

• Walking all by myself!
• Bending down without falling over
• Swatting, pushing away when I don't want something.
• Squatting.
• Pulling myself up
• Head banging
• Waving bye
• Giving kisses when I feel like it.
• Drinking out of a big boy cup all by myself
• Putting things like balls into containers
• Did I already mention picking my nose?
• I flip flap at my mouth and smack my lips when i'm hungry or thirsty.

Teeth -

• I still only have 7.....but am working on a few more and I know how to use them!

Talking -

• Mom, Mama, Mammmm
• Papa, Dada
• Baba
• Elmo - I said this four whole times.
• Deeego (for Diego) - I said this twice.
• Hitty (for Kitty) -I've said this here and there.
• Hi - used on occasion
• Carter - I said my brothers name twice just for kicks. Its true! Ok..I said it more like Ca-tah.
• Backpack - learned this from Dora
• Map - ditto
• Up - I've used this on occassion when i've wanted Mommy to lift me up.
• Chit Chaaa - "uh oh" in Vietnamese. Yeah...i'm bilingual baby!

Overall, not a ton of new things since last month, but certainly I am more experienced now and can make my way to pretty much anyplace I please. Seems someone is always hollering my name just as I make my escape. Mommy says i'm also being a very good boy these days, not as fussy as I used to be and because of that we can go more places - if I had known this before I would have stopped the fuss back when the weather was nicer! But..that would have gone against my whole purpose of giving my family a hard time.