I wish I had time to be a writer...I always feel so rushed and then I run into cute little blogs where work at home mom's seem to have more time then me and it makes me jealous.
New Words
Anyways... Adrian can say new words now: 'go' and 'up' as in "go away dogs" and "shut up dogs". Ha! Takes after his mom is all I can say! He signs 'please' and I swear he almost copied me earlier. He also signs 'milk' for nurse, signs 'eat' and 'more' for 'I want.' He really wanted some rasberries we had just picked from our bushes in the greenbelt. He says "off" when he wants me to open something like the diaper creme so he can suck on it. I'm pretty sure he can say 'no' but luckily doesn't use it unless copying someone. "Hi" is big now too and he'll say it to any old stranger especially when we're shopping. He says 'ff..ff' for 'fan'. He can also sign two words together such as 'please' 'more' or 'please' eat' when prompted. He is babbling incessantly and for always being such a quiet baby it's nice to hear him so vocal sometimes as a toddler. Someday I may regret those words but for now it's cute. High fives are super popular right now as are kisses...the 'wide open mouth somewhere on the face' kind...my favorites!
The Nature of Things
Smarty pants is starting to understand how everything works, including the doors. He usually closes doors, and hence traps himself in the bathroom or bedroom alone, so probably good thing that he's also learning to open the doors. We have the non traditional door handles that have a handle and pull down. He slides the chair to the table to get on. He tries to unscrew caps and pull lids off of containers. He fits things inside other things...anything really. He takes the heat/air grates out of the floor. He opens and closes the car door from the inside and tries to fit the keys in the ignition. He fits himself into small nooks and crannies like the stroller basket underneath the seat and is slowly learning about backing out of said crooks and nannies! He tries to dress himself-especially his socks and shoes and pants. He sits on his big boy potty. He knows where his diapers go and even how to be funny by putting a diaper on his head and running around the house like a goofball. He plays fetch with dogs by throwing their balls a foot in front of him. He hums into fans to make vibrating voice sounds.
Oh the Possibities of the Wide Outdoor World
The second he's got shoes on in the morning he rushes to the front door and is ready to go play outside. He cries when it's breakfast time and not outside time. He hates being inside b/c the outdoors exists. Sometimes we eat outside just for fun. Whenever out front, Adrian's usually scoping out the nearest escape route and is starting to run down the sidewalk instead of just walk. He will only go one way and refuses to walk back, always has to be carried, even if we go down to the end of the block and can't even see the house anymore. He understands that he gets further on his own if he stays on the sidewalk and is starting to hold hands crossing the street instead of sitting and sulking and then having to be carried. He's learning... He also has his father's sense of direction and walked Barry to the park from G'ma's house the other day on his own. Barry just followed and held his hand crossing streets. Who knew? Also today from reports from G'ma, all he wanted to do was be outside and go to the park. He was very cranky all day, anytime spent inside and not at the park. The went to the park 3 times b/c of this. Maybe his room should be moved to the backyard...we do have a kennel with a dog door that goes to the backyard...hhhmmm. The dogs would rather be inside anytime they're outside anyway. I think
this might work out to Adrian's advantage.
Body Parts
Adrian knows where the belly, peepee, nose, ear, nipple, foot and toes are. We're working on the rest of the body parts still. When he drives his toy cars I say 'beepbeep' he gets confused and finds the peepee!!! Then does it again b/c we laugh. Barry's a little concerned about him doing this in public which makes me laugh harder. I think he's starting to understand that moms and dads are different and he likes to try to bite Barry's nipples...pretty darn hilarious if you ask me. He's still a toe biter-don't really know what to do with that issue...maybe we should stop chewing on his toes. He usually wakes Barry up in the morning biting his toes and Barry squealing. I can only laugh, b/c my feet don't hang so far off the bed. HA!
Anyways...there's the update for now.
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