Baby Says Bye Bye!

I am SO proud and excited to report that Caiden is turning into a voracious reader! I have always loved reading, and it is really important to me that we instill a love of reading in Caiden. To help foster this, I've been taking him on regular trips to the library and checking out tons of books so that he has exposure to a variety of different stories. Some of his recent favorites include Brown Bear, I Kissed the Baby, Skippyjon Jones Up and Down and the Mittens the Kitten books.

It is not uncommon for us to sit down and read 10 or 12 books in one sitting. Often times he will start bringing me books to read to him if I happen to be sitting on the floor with him. In fact, a couple of weekends ago, I thought it was the cutest thing in the world when climbed up on the couch with me, nestled himself into the crook of my arm next to the pillow, cuddled his blanket and settled in for a half hour of reading. It was one of the sweetest moments ever!

He especially enjoys interacting with the pictures in the books. In the video below, he knows exactly when to start waving bye bye!

What is even cuter is sometimes I'll spy him looking thru books on his own, and when he gets to the last page in the book from the video above, he starts waving bye bye all on his own!! And in another book, he'll make "moo" sounds when he encounters pictures of a cow - even if he hasn't seen that exact picture before! What a smarty pants we've got!