This boy has balls on the BRAIN!!

Oliver has been talking a lot lately and it's been so much fun! He has been saying single words for a while now, but now he is starting to put words together and he has even said a few sentences. But most importantly he has learned the names of different types of BALLS!! He loves balls, he is obsessed with them. He talks about them all day long and he can spy a ball anywhere. ANYWHERE. He has a hawk eye for balls or anything that resembles a ball. He has memorized what page in his books contain a ball of any sort. For a while now he has been saying basketball, soccer ball, baseball, and football. And he is now adding to his repertoire tennis ball and golf ball. (thanks to Zack's coaching.) He loves to look at balls on the computer as seen in the video below. He could sit for ever, way longer than a toddler attention span should let him, and look at different types of balls on the computer. (He also loves looking at cars and trucks, cats and dogs.) He has an association with church and basketballs. About a month ago I asked him if he want to go to church and he said "basketball?" I said church, and he said "basketball." So we figured out that he plays with the basketballs in the gym at church when we have activities and so to him church = basketball. So now he always says "church, basketball, church, basketball." It's really funny. Another ball story: I took him to walk around the mall just to get out a little since it's freezing here. Well, they have those kiosks in the center of the mall that have jewelry etc... so we are walking by and all of the sudden Oliver stops and says, "basketball!" I look and there is this little gold charm to put on a bracelet or necklace that is a basketball. I couldn't believe that he spotted it, it was so tiny! The woman in nursery asked us if he likes balls because she said they have a blanket they get out and sit on for music time that has bears and toys, but it does have a ball on it. She said every time she gets it out Oliver immediately points out the ball. Well there are countless stories about how much Oliver loves balls, but if you really want to make his day, let him wear one of his 2 sweatshirts that have a ball on them. Woah, that just about blows his mind all day long!! He loves it, he will point at it all day long. This boy has balls on the brain!!