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the eric update - day 224: la chalet d'odin.

a longtime reader follower of odin's adventures sent me an email with a picture of an eating establishments in brussels that she frequents when on business in the area - la chalet d'odin, which is in the hotel bristol stephanie.

it's fun to think of a complete stranger walking by a sign an ocean away while on a business trip deciding to snap a picture to send to odin; naturally we decided we simply must print it out and let him play with it.

for reasons known only to him, he became fascinated with the back of the photo as he was trying to figure out the best way to mangle the print.

at first he attempted at play with the photograph using his fists in the same way that he does when he grasps more bulky objects like the supersized paci or pooh, but he discovered that it would bend and contort and fall out of his hands.

in amazingly short order he learned to use his fingers and to more gently grasp the edges of the picture. this is exactly the kind of fine motor control that's often delayed in micropreemies, but i guess we shouldn't be surprised since we know he's a boy like any other.

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2/13/2005 08:59:00 PM 1 comments

1 Comments:

He's such a doll! I love the picture of him taking steps from the other day :)

BTW - Being a total clothing nut (to my husband's dismay), I have to ask... What brand is that little outfit? It looks like a Hanna/Zutano crossover, but I can't place it. I'm in LOVE with it! Odin always has the cutest clothes!!! (Quite the stylish young man).

Katra
www.knoernschild.org/kyle
PS. Kyle says hello :)

By Katra, at 11:40 PM

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