Sean loves to eat fruits of all kind, but he particularly enjoys chomping into a nice juicy pear…

Sean *adores* trains. Loves ’em. Can’t get enough of ’em. His favorite toy is a little toy train. He starts making train noises whenever we see railroad tracks. He points out pictures of trains at daycare.

So you can imagine how excited he was a month and a half ago when we went to Ben’s department party and there were train rides for the kids. It was a little daunting for such a little guy, though, so Ben and I took turns riding in the tiny cars with him. Guess who didn’t want the train ride to end?

When Sean first started saying “no” a couple months ago, it was *so* cute. I almost wanted to ask him questions to which the answer was “no” just to hear him say it. (I did so here to capture it on video.) Sean’s original “no” as shown below has transformed into a more normal single “no” these days. But we got to enjoy the multi-“no” for a few weeks before it did.

So these videos are from back in April. But they’re the last of my April material. I’m going to make a mad effort to get caught up because I have some fun recent stuff that I want to post (but I don’t want to leave the fun older stuff out, either). I’m aiming for a post per day; we’ll see…

Here’s Sean opening and enjoying a gift from his (paternal) grandparents… This tunnel has been an ongoing hit for the past couple months.
 

 

While getting ready for Scott and Jennifer’s wedding, Sean found my dress shoes. Sean likes to try on any new shoes he finds, particularly if they belong to Mommy or Daddy. (You should see him try on some of Ben’s shoes!) These ones actually worked out pretty well…

On April 30, our friends Scott and Jennifer got married. We flew up to Iowa for the wedding. It was our first real trip with Sean where we weren’t visiting family. We stayed in a hotel room all together and it went great!

Here’s Sean getting ready for the wedding:

Combing his hair

Scott (on the far left) and his wedding party (also our friends): Ro, Kate, Zach, and Tom

Jennifer

Vows

After the ceremony

Scott and Jennifer at the reception

Sean at the reception using his fork. (He’s trying to get that french fry on the fork so he can eat it with the fork.)

Cake-cutting

Sean enjoys all modes of transportation: running, riding in a laundry basket, scooting on an upside-down bowl, and — as here — walking using someone else’s feet.

Also from April. This was pretty amazing, actually. Sean had been playing with some tissues he’d pulled out of a box. Then he picked one up and blew his nose in it. Correctly. But I had never taught Sean to blow his nose. Ben had never taught Sean to blow his nose. I thought: maybe they taught him that at daycare. So I asked his teacher the next day. Nope! They don’t teach them to blow their noses until later. The only possibility is that Sean just learned by watching Ben, who suffers allergies on a regular basis. Pretty amazing kid.

Today Sean discovered whispering and thinks it’s hilarious. (Now, how do we keep his interest in whispering going?!?)

And some catch-up. Back at the beginning of April my mom came out to help with Sean while Ben was in Guam. Sean and his grandma got some good bonding time — playing —

— and working in the “garden.”