Car Obsession

To say Doran loves cars, is an understatement. Every waking moment (that he's not eating) is devoted to cars. He wakes up in the morning, drinks his milk, and then says, "Ca'!"

He gives Devin and I specific cars to play with and you better not let him catch you putting it down. He gets all mad and hands it to you again, "Ca'!"

Uncle Nathan came over for dinner a couple of weeks ago. Doran showed him a car and Nathan responded by making the usual car "brrmmm..." noise. A little later Nathan made the comment, "I didn't realize me saying 'brrmmm' was a binding contract" as Doran insisted that he continue playing cars with him.

He finds cars to play with, wherever we go:

He could watch the movie Cars every day, if we let him. One of my favorite pictures of Doran is this one (I'm still sad that it is so blurry):

We had him watch Cars as we cut his hair, and he was so anxious about Lightening being lost from Mack, he shouted along, "MACK!!!"

One night while I was at YW, Devin tipped our old couch (it previously belonged to his Aunt) and found Doran a whole bunch of new cars. Doran was so excited to have new cars.

We decided to feed his obsession and bought him a Cozy Coupe. The first 2-3 days, all he did was get in and out. No one was allowed to touch his car. And he cried every time we made him do something else. I'm pretty sure it is the most he's cried in his whole life.

He'll do other things now (that involve cars), but he still likes getting in his Cozy Coupe!

Hey! No texting and driving!

Doran's First picnic!

Doran and I went to a beach park today. He is still afraid of the sand, but he would dig in it with a shovel if he was sitting on the towel.

Then we had our first picnic. Peanut butter and jelly, of course. He thought it was fun. As we sat and ate, he waved and blew kisses to everyone walking on the trail.

After eating and changing, he discovered there were rocks close by. His new favorite.

Chasing Bubbles

Doran has been so restless, we have been taking him and his walker outside to burn off some energy. He really enjoys pushing the walker around and going where ever he wants. He likes going over speed bumps and he likes to go towards the big street.

This particular time, we took the bubbles out and let him chase them.

Who needs toys when you have a box?

I had a box of costco sized diaper wipes sitting by the door, waiting to go out to the recycling box, but Doran had other plans for that box.

We got a good couple of days of play out of this box. Seriously, he doesn't play with his toys that much. It was fun to watch him push it all around the house.

I put a light in it for him one day and he loved pushing his little car around.

What's inside the box? 

His sippy cup and cell phone. Yes, he has his own phone. It can turn on, but it doesn't work as a cell phone. It is Devin's old Blackberry. 

Hey! No texting and driving!

He especially loved it when he got to sit in the "car" and we pushed him around the house.

First Science Experiment

Doran had his first science experiment on Valentine's Day. Devin brought me home some sparkling cider for Valentine's Day and Doran was very interested in it! We let him try some (hated it, naturally) but he LOVED to see us pour it. So, once we ran out of sparkling cider we got out the vinegar and baking soda. It provided good entertainment for him.