Our little dude the talker! Your vocabulary has really exploded this last month.
You now say beh beh (belly button), wah-ta (water), up, da (dog), truh (truck), cah (car), ah da (all done), weh da (well done), hello, was-sis-sis (what is this?), uh-ta (up please), do ta-ch (don't touch), gra (giraffe), cah (croc/crocodile), hot, ba (ball), clock.
You’ve added some new signs too. You now sign all done, more, help, please. Your most used one is please (pretty sure you also think it means “I want” or “give me”) and then a close second is more (which you sometimes use as “more” but also sometimes use as “I want” or “give me”). Your “help me” sign isn’t the real one, but it’s your own version – both hands waiving around up high. Pretty funny, but we know what you mean.
We’ve been playing outside a lot these days. It’s still hot but the brutal part of the summer is mostly over and it’s getting nicer and nicer to be outside. We set up the wading pool and give you the hose on low and you just have a ball. It’s one of our favorite ways to spend a family afternoon on Sundays.
For your birthday you got a new swing from Gigi and Gramps. I found an old swing set frame on freecycle and dad’s set it up in the backyard for you. You LOVE it and cannot get enough of it. And very rarely... you actually fall asleep in it. :)
You also love it when daddy’s lets you play with his iPhone. You put it up to your ear, especially when there is music on, and then you just bop away. Even when there is no music on you put it up to your ear and start bopping. That’s your way of telling us to turn it on for you.
Along those lines, when you want us to play music on the stereo you do the same thing. You put your hand to your ear as if you’ve got the iPhone and you bop your head and say “uh, uh, uh” until we put it on. If we don’t respond fast enough you go into meltdown!
You can now up on the couch on your own – big boy! You also walk up the stairs on your hands and feet instead of hand and knees.
This month I got a bike buggy from freecycle. It’s awesome! Dad has hooked it up to his bike and loves taking you on rides. You weren’t so sure about it the first time, but then started to relax once he got going. I think it’s one of Daddy’s favorite things to do with you.
You love sandwiches, toast, eggs, cereal, grapes, crackers, rice cakes and peanut butter, cheese, chicken nuggets, and fruit. You don’t like veggies or pasta, and you are back and forth about meat – sometimes eating a ton, sometimes not so much at all. You still love pureed veggies though (but refuse to be fed by someone else with a spoon for more than about three bites) so I’ve started giving you the pureed veggies that come in a squeezie pouch. That way you can feed yourself and I know that you’re at least getting some veggies in you! You eat a huge breakfast (like three bowls of cereal if we let you), a medium lunch, and sometimes only a few bites of dinner (or just a small one).
I feel like I say this one every month, but you still adore music and dancing. You just can’t get enough.
I taught you to do “ET phone home” and point your index finger to mine. You think it’s hilarious and so does Mena. Every time Mena sees you he says “ET phone home” and puts his finger out, and every time you respond. He loves it!
You give high fives, and especially love to do it when you’re on the swings.
When you’re trying to get my (or Daddy’s attention) to look at something, you put your hand to our cheek and turn our face. You are very adamant that we look in the right direction.
My favorite time of the day is putting you to bed at night. Not just because I’m ready for you to be asleep (although some days I’m exhausted and so I am!) but more so because it’s when you calm down and get cuddly and affectionate. We’ve been doing the same routine pretty much since you were born: bath, diaper, jammies (daddy’s part), and then milk, stories, songs, prayer, and bed (my part). But now when I sing you songs in the dark, you sing back to me. You rest your head on my shoulder, wrap your tiny arms around me, and even pat me on the back. It seriously melts my heart. Every time.
Sometimes when I put you down for a nap you lay on your belly and then reach around and pat your bum. It’s your little way of telling me you’d like a few pats. Super cute.
You can now walk up stairs upright instead of crawling on your hands and feet. Of course you need to hold someone’s hand, but wow, you’re changing fast.
We also had a big parenting milestone this month. We left you overnight with Auntie Katie while we went and stayed in a hotel on the Strand without you. Of course you did great, and so did we. No doubt about it – we’re all growing fast.
I feel like there were so many changes this month, so much happening. Once again dear son, we are totally in love with you, proud of you, and captured by you. Our little music man, how wonderful you are!
