his forehead reads "cute! / silly! / fun! / john"
I have two sickies around here. John and Havilah both have colds (requiring us to stay at home for three days now...ugh), and are on antibiotics for various infections.
On a happier note: after months of almost no new words, John has added a few to his repertoire. "No no" (said like "uh oh"), "No," "Do" ("go"), "baby," "b" (blue), "een" (green), and "yeah mama" (significant because he is putting the two old words together). He can also make the "s" sound and even slipped in a "sh" today. We've also added signs for "open," "soymilk," "I'm thirsty," "more," and others I can't think of now.
Do these sound like tiny steps? For John, they're huge because he is finally making progress. There are still many new sounds to learn (most notably g, k, z, r, th). But we're moving. Most importantly, John is trying to communicate more than he ever has before. When I ask him questions, he tries to answer. He tells me "stories" about what's going on.
Ok, I know you care about more than just John speaking. I'll try to vary things up a bit....
The kids are both getting ready for birthdays! We already began the festivities with a birthday package from auntie Elizabeth and uncle Jason. Check out the wild animals in our living room!
Yes, the blog is no longer black! Soft yellow is the new black, in honor of my wonderful son who is obsessed with yellow. Example: today he chose to wear a yellow shirt, wanted to eat mango because it is yellow, yelled "yellow!" when we drove past the approximately 150 construction trucks around our house, and consoled himself by saying "yellow" when he couldn't get us to understand what he was trying to say. If it's yellow, John loves it!
I have two sickies around here. John and Havilah both have colds (requiring us to stay at home for three days now...ugh), and are on antibiotics for various infections.
On a happier note: after months of almost no new words, John has added a few to his repertoire. "No no" (said like "uh oh"), "No," "Do" ("go"), "baby," "b" (blue), "een" (green), and "yeah mama" (significant because he is putting the two old words together). He can also make the "s" sound and even slipped in a "sh" today. We've also added signs for "open," "soymilk," "I'm thirsty," "more," and others I can't think of now.
Do these sound like tiny steps? For John, they're huge because he is finally making progress. There are still many new sounds to learn (most notably g, k, z, r, th). But we're moving. Most importantly, John is trying to communicate more than he ever has before. When I ask him questions, he tries to answer. He tells me "stories" about what's going on.
Ok, I know you care about more than just John speaking. I'll try to vary things up a bit....
The kids are both getting ready for birthdays! We already began the festivities with a birthday package from auntie Elizabeth and uncle Jason. Check out the wild animals in our living room!
We'll celebrate more on the 27th (Hava's b-day) with gifts, balloons, and--of course!--a yellow cake.
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