Lots of fun

First of all, Robert is excited that he is going to have a little brother. Or at least he would be if he really understood what is going on. He talks about the baby a lot and will point to my tummy and say baby, but then he'll point to his tummy and say it too. Robert is talking a lot more in general. His first sentence was "There it is" and he is combining a lot of other words as well. He has known hs letters and sounds since he was about 18 months and now we are working on numbers. We are amazed at his memory. If he was playing with a toy at night before going to bed, it is the first thing he asks for in the morning. My mom and I were in Walmart and he played with a truck that looked like a hippo and he called it hippo truck. Then, about a month and a half later, Glenn and I were there and when we got near the toys he said asked for the hippo truck. I'm thinking I may need to buy that for him since it made such an impression.





















We went to Connecticut and New York in January because Glenn had a conference in Connecticut. We got to see friends in both places. The trip was mostly centered around fun things for Robert but my friend Amy was nice enough to watch Robert so Glenn and I could go to Mario Batali's restaurant Babbo one night.

At the Mystic Aquarium, Robert got to meet a Beluga whale.

















The Connecticut part of the trip was very cold. It took some adjusting because Robert had never had to wear a coat before and he really didn't like it.
Robert loved playing in the snow until the pain of playing in the snow with bare hands set in. There was no way I was getting mittens on this stubborn little boy.



























We went to the Bronx zoo with my good friend and roommate from SMU, Becca.

Riding the ferris wheel at the flagship Toys R Us in Times Square.

Fao Schwartz was definitely one of the highlights of the trip for Robert. It is an amazing store with some really unusual toys. The toys for little boys were much better than the typical super heros and robots you see at Toys R Us. It gave me lots of ideas for the future.

Pizza in Little Italy.

Robert met Elmo in Times Square. I think he thought he was meeting THE Elmo and he was grinning ear to ear. It is somewhat to my chagrin that he loves Elmo so much, but it was out of my control. There is just something about that little guy that Robert adores.

A few weeks ago, we went to the Houston Livestock show. This was a lot of fun for everyone.

Robert and cousin Caleb.