Balls and Dogs...

..two things Caiden is obsessed with the most right now.

Balls. Seriously if you've ever been around this kid for more than 10 minutes you will know his obsession with balls. Any ball, big or small, he needs it. And he'll tell you he needs it. He'll look at you, point at it and say, "ball, ball, ball" until he gets it in his hands. At the park if he sees a ball he's on a mission to go get it. Doesn't matter how big or small the kid is, he will go right up to them and try to take the ball. Yesterday there was a 2 year old with a soccer ball. The kid wanted to kick the ball to Caiden so the two of them went back and forth for about 15 minutes. At first I would position the ball in front of him and make his leg kick the ball to the kid, after a few times Caiden got the hang of it and would kick it himself...so cute. 

Another funny thing. Marc aired up the yoga ball that we have and put it in the middle of the living room. When I brought Caiden down the next morning he got so excited when he saw this huge ball waiting for him. He loves rolling it around the house and really loves when I bounce on it.

Dogs. Anytime he sees a dog he says, "woof, woof" and his eyes pop out of his head. At the park, in the neighborhood, in the car...even if he just hears a dog he turns his neck in every direction trying to find it. I even use it as a ploy now to get him to eat. "You wanna see a doggy?!?!?!  You gotta eat your food."  I know, so wrong but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Our friends have a little dog that loves kids and is the most patient dog in the world. Caiden giggles and giggles when we walk in their house and sees Coco. He is very gentle with the dog but crawls around after it and tries to "pet" it. Really he just smacks Coco and Coco just sits and takes it. It's funny though, I showed him this picture later in the day and he started meow'ing...he totally thinks Coco is a cat.