Zonked

Tonight Michael is out of town so it is just me and the Finnster. He always behaves beautifully when we are here by ourselves. When I got home from work I gave Finn a bottle and he laid down in the floor and drank the whole thing without fussing or fidgeting. He laid there quietly, drank his bottle and watched the 5:00 news.
Afterward Finn took a turn on his new toy. He got this toy as a baby gift, but he is just now old enough to play with it. It takes four (4) D batteries. Of course, I don't have D batteries laying around so Finn will just have to make due until I can get to the store. Luckily he is a baby and has no idea of what this toy is actually capable of doing. For now, ignorance is bliss. He especially likes the ladybug post because when he pushes it down the monkey pops out of the palm tree.

Even though Finn was pretty interested in his new toy, he still prefers to play with random items around the house, i.e. paint brushes, measuring cups, door stoppers (he learned that from Kodiak), etc. He also really likes books, especially the ones that play music. We keep a stack of about 15 books next to his play area in the den. He will scoot over to the stack of books and pick out the two (2) that play music. I think that Finn's fascination with books centers around a) the pictures, and b) the fact that he can turn the pages - he LOVES to turn pages.

After his bath, I left Finn in the den while I went to fix his oatmeal. When I got back I saw that Finn had found a bottle and was sound asleep in the floor; another first. Unfortunately I had to wake him up to feed him. He was so tired, he kept nodding off in his high chair.