What a smart kid!

At the clinic today, Sydney found a pair of boots that belonged to one of the ultrsound technicians and decided to put them on. They thought he was a pretty smart kid.

When we later met with the doctor, Sydney (like usual) was busy investigating all of the cabinet doors and drawers, as well as pressing all kinds of buttons. He likes to climb onto the chair to play with the blood pressure cuff. He likes to turn on the spot light that the doctor uses when doing exams. He also likes to turn on & off the switch on the end of the exam table, which we learned from the doctor is for the warming drawer used to heat the vaginal speculums. He is QUITE a BUSY KID!

Doctor left the room to get her stethoscope so that she could listen to my lungs. Sydney was sad that she left the room. He, too, likes our OB/GYN; perhaps, he remembers her from his "birth day". He didn't hesitate to take her stethoscope from her, put it around his neck and place the circular disk part onto his belly, as if he was listening to his abdomen. (He OBVIOUSLY paid attention at his 18-month well child checkup when his pediatrician listened to his belly, while Sydney watched attentively.)

Doctor asked "Are you getting good bowels sounds there, Sydney?" (The ear part was digging into his neck, instead of resting comfortably in his ears, but he didn't seem to notice.)

Doctor commented on how inquisitive he is, as well as predicted that our house must be VERY BABY-PROOFED with this busy boy on our hands.

Tonight, while Mike was cooking dinner and I was downloading the Ultrasound DVD pics onto the computer, Sydney was entertaining himself in the office - dumping out baskets of CD's onto the floor, playing "52-pickup" with all of the recipe cards in my recipe box, and tossing handfuls of cat food into the cat's water bowl.

As I was picking up the mess on the floor, Sydney reached onto the messy desk and managed to find an envelope. I watched - in awe - as he took one look at it, stuck out his tongue and started to lick the seal of the envelope.

SERIOUSLY?!?! How did he know to do that? (Granted, he did sit at the table and colored pictures while I licked our christmas envelopes closed, but those were a different size, color and shape AND he didn't seem to be paying attention to me at all! How did he know the difference between an envelope and an ordinary piece of paper?)

This kid never ceases to amaze me! Just think about all of the things he will teach his baby brother...