Every day Kai seems to evolve more. We’ve been putting him on the playmat for probably 2 months now, but his engagement required one of us performing a puppet show. Tonight Chika made a lovely steak dinner, and we thought just maybe if we put him down on the mat he would give us at least 5 minutes to enjoy eating together. What surprised us tonight was how he started playing with the toys all on his own — reaching out and grabbing them. Not just one, but multiple. And he was completely engaged by the experience.

Not only did we get to enjoy the majority of the dinner, a present in itself, but Kai is already making us proud parents. I can’t believe he actually grabbed the giraffe. It might have been the “blind squirrel that stumbled across the acorn”, but it didn’t matter to us. We are happy to believe all the smart things Kai does are on purpose.