Ronin seems to like movement and checking out the way things work.
He's totally into opening and closing doors and jars and containers.
Putting things in, taking them out, putting them in, putting on a top, and shaking the whole thing around in glee.
He's also always on the go.
He doesn't sit still, not even to eat. You can't read books to him now cause he's got no time for sitting if he could be exploring. He has to have an object in each hand, he needs to be investigating each one, and he has to be moving his legs and torso as well, so diaper changes and car rides are...invigorating.
He's obsessed with the 'gravitron' game at the local children's museum. The game's all about tubes and joints and gears and cranking balls up to watch them come down over and over again. It's a game for older kids, and he likes older kids, and he really likes gravity and watching things fall, so it's just his style.
It's one of the only times when he's relatively still. He staggers about holding a ball in each hand with mouth agape and his eyes bright with wonder and he watches the kids crank the balls up to come tumbling down over and over again.
The older kids say, "What's wrong with you, Baby? Why are you just standing there, Baby? Why are you holding two balls? I need those balls. Give them to me, Baby."
And happily (for now), he does, he surrenders the balls with no issue and watches them become part of the game and goes in search of two more bright balls to hold.
At home, he stands at the edge of our porch and tosses his toys off very carefully. I don't worry that he'll fall off himself. He's quite aware that the toys are making a leap that wouldn't be comfortable for him.
Instead, he slowly turns and feels his way down the porch steps with his feet, inching down till his toes touch the ground, and then he's off and running in the yard.
He has practically all of his teeth. At least four molars are in and canines are cutting, too, and he has his full front rack, top and bottom, with a little gap in front, just like his dad.
He's also strangely buff. I need to post a new photo of this guy (above is from March). He's got biceps and deltoids and lats all rippling under his skin. It's wild.
His only babylike attributes are bowlegs and a Buddha belly. Oh, and he speaks Baby, for sure, and he's still in diapes. Other than that, he continues to look like a slightly balding but wildly handsome middle aged man. Hmmm, sound like anyone else I know? ;)
