Niu Family Times:: I am only updating in pairs lately...

Here is the most recent stuff... and stories. Last Saturday Josh and I went to Toys R Us so that I could buy some hot wheels for Dresden to reward him with good behavior. This kid is loves anything with wheels! Anyway, he found hidden in the corner of a store a little push riding thingy (for this storied purposes, we will just call it "pushie". Once he set eyes on this pushie he wouldn't let it go. He took it everywhere with him in the store. We tried to find one in a box, but upon asking a sales rep we found out it was discontinued. Thankfully for us though, the manager allowed us to purchase the floor model at 50% off! This pushie is now his latest appendage. We even had to take it with us to the park on Sunday! It is heavy.
Speaking of park on Sunday, we went to the Olympic Park in Atlanta since Josh hasn't been yet. The weather was humid, but really nice. On the paths of the park, there are huge engraved numbers. Whenever we see numbers I always ask him to point ones out. He usually is not consistent so I yet yet to see proof of his knowledge of them. Maybe because it was a Sunday, but he pointed out each number correctly as we asked him! We got a bit of it on video. I have to say it was a proud moment for Josh and I. Even today, we were coloring and I drew shapes on a piece of paper (diamond, square, oval, circle, star, rectangle, and triangle). I asked him where each one was and he got every one of them right! I always worry that he was behind because he was delayed in talking and walking, but this has put me at ease. Now if I can get him on the alphabet! He knows his vowels, but has yet to show me he knows all the ABCs.
Enough of my rambling... You want to see pictures! Here you go:
First off is a video of Dresden I took on my phone. I was cooking dinner, look over and he had climbed up on the chair and pretended to read the CrockPot user manual. I couldn't resist filming him.