Floor Mat and Ceiling Fan

The joy of my day these days is hearing my baby squeal and get excited about things. And nothing makes him happier than laying on his back on his little play floor mat or staring at the not moving ceiling fan. He will stare at that ceiling fan for minutes, which is the same as hours in baby time. I wonder a lot what he thinks it looks like or what he thinks it is. I think about that children's book, "are you my mother?" and hope that he's not asking that question in his head when he's staring intently at it.

On the floor mat he's the most vocal. There are these little toys dangling from the top so he can swing at them or talk to them. I think there's an elephant, a lion, a squirrel and something else. He loves Lion the most and smiles at him a lot. Sometimes he hits the one that has a little bell on it and that's one of the most exciting things that can happen.

You can tell when he's building up to a big squeal. You can hear his breathing pick up and he gets more and more anxiously excited and his body gets tense, and then a big happy scream comes out.

Here are some pics: