Our baby is almost 2! We can tell in energy and independence. He continues to be curious about the world asking: "wat's at?" and tries to use his words to communicate- he looks us right in the eye, talking on and on. We usually respond "I don't know what you're saying." Then he'll repeat the same exact sounds with the same intonation, but we still can't understand. It's quite humorous. He is getting good at showing us what he wants or what he sees. He has started pointing to leave the room and throw trash away. Ryan is also getting closer to the potty training stage. He asked to go potty so he sat down. When he said all done, I asked if he went pee. He said yea. I didn't see anything in the potty so I said "No you didn't". Then he said "Yea, see? and pointed. Sure enough- there was a teeny tiny bit in the potty. It was an exciting moment. Here are some of the other highlights this month.
- New Words: lawn mower, thank you, Donald Duck, ice cream, sure, our house, Sesame Street, "More please mama", pool, sorry, boat, train, airplane...and he'll repeat a lot of what you say like when grandma said "darn, darn, darn", Ryan repeated it with the same expression.
- We went to DisneyWorld- he loved the characters, night parade, fireworks, boats, trains, buses, waterslide, water fountains...it was a wonderful vacation
- When he tries to jump, he can now actually jump with both feet in the air
- Loves to run and play at the YMCA movement class with mom
- Shouts "Zoo" and "Y" whenever we go to the zoo or the YMCA- sometimes he ever throws his fists up in the air too
- After breakfast, he usually asks to "Go buh-bye"
- Said "Bapa" when he saw a Harley Davidson sign in the car
- Ali and Steve babysat- they were amazed that he just laid down in his crib and went to sleep at bedtime
- Lots of timeouts for screaming- his new favorite activity. We had to turn the cart towards the wall for a timeout three times in Target last week. After every time out, he says sorry and gives us a hug.
- He pushes the center console down in the car with his foot
- Remembers places- like our neighbor's motorcycle in the garage- he'll point and say momo, he also says "Bapa" when we get close to Grandma and Grandpa's house
