Balls

Dylan said his first word a couple weeks ago, "ball". When I say "said his first word", I mean became completely and totally infatuated and absolutely obsessed with. Every single item he sees that is round in shape becomes a ball in his little world. Grapes, watermelons, peas, circles, the list goes on as this child does not differentiate. He has a one track mind when it comes to balls and just repeats the word over and over and over when he sees one. His eyes get really big and he'll start bouncing up and down to wiggle out of your arms to get to that ball. It's like baby crack. He could literally play with them for an entire hour without getting bored. When Jake was this age, he had an obsessive love with trash cans. So much so that he wrote a little love poem in October of 2009:

Ode to a Trash Can

My love began with a flirtation with the Diaper Champ & blossomed into a full blown love affair with the trash can. Tall kitchen cans, short bathroom cans, large stinky garage cans, ones @ the park. I have equal opportunity love to give & would never dare to discriminate. I can't get enough of you & will just die if I go a second longer w/o throwing something away in you. Be mine forever. Love, Jakie Monster Dunn