Toys!

Collin is 12 weeks old this week and has discovered toys. We have tons of stuffed animals, rattles, things that light up, teething rings, etc... Before now he has ignored all of it. Last week I came home from Seattle with a gift from his Aunt Mary and Uncle Paul. It's a stuffed, rattly, squeaky, little octopus thingy and he loves it! He'll grab it, pull on it, shake it, and of course put it in his mouth. It's officially his first toy! I don't have the heart to tell him that if he is anything like his dad this addiction will never end. This is just a gateway toy. It will lead to things with blinking lights, things that make noise, things that have wheels and he can push around, legos (I hope). Eventually he will get things he can ride on. I can't imagine what will be available in 10 years. It will surely escalate to bikes, computers, power tools, then ultimately cars and maybe even motorcycles. The price tags will go up and up and up until someday when he is hopefully paying his own bills he'll discover the greatest toy of them all: A baby of his own.