Wow, it's been a long time since I posted anything at all about our sweet little man... so, here goes:
When I left off, LM had begun to walk and run. We still can't get him to slow down - but at least he has gotten better with his balance. The little man is always on the go. It's pretty funny to watch him most of the time. He also loves to climb up on tables, couches, chairs, laps - pretty much whatever he can crawl up on. He has mastered this skill and makes it look easy now.
LM still has a love for reading. He has switched his tastes to the likes of Old McDonald Had A Farm, My Little Golden Book about Numbers, My Little Golden Book about God... and pretty much anything that talks, plays songs, or makes any type of noise. He also likes to read back to you - while it sounds like babble... it's still cute.
I think our reading to him since he was very tiny (a week old) has helped with his verbal development. He loves to babble... knows about 115 words, sign language, several phrases (which he uses correctly and in context), and some Spanish. He is a little sponge, we really have to watch what we say around him. But it has been a complete joy watching him learn new terms and learn to use them properly.
LM has always loved water. We have made a discovery - tub crayons. He LOVES them. It's so cute to watch him scribble on the walls in the tub and play in the water. He loves the bubble blower, too. He didn't always like this contraption... but once we got one that played music and talked, he was game. It's a fight to get him out of the tub most nights... but it's absolutely adorable.
He has acquired a love of cleaning. He loves to play with the dust mop, dust rags, and the vacuum. He will mimic whatever I do with these household tools. We actually had to go buy him a tiny, kid-sized vacuum at the toy store (that makes noises like a real vacuum - yes, they exist), because he would throw a fit every time we turned off the vacuum and told him cleaning time was over. (Wow, I really hope that he never loses sight of his love for these skills.)
Over the Christmas holidays, we decided we would take a trip to Oklahoma to spend it with my immediate family. 13.5 hours and three states later, we really had a pleasant trip. LM loves car rides, this has never been a secret. But we were surprised he did so well on such a long trip.
Now we are at another developmental milestone. We are embarking on the potty training journey. He has been hinting for a couple of months that he is ready to try - he tells us when his diaper is dirty, goes to his room for the table, leads us to his room, and sometimes will go to the toilet and point at it, saying "potty" or "pee-pee". Yep, he's definitely ready. Now that we have his training potty (we had to get one that goes on the normal toilet... he would not use the kids themed one), we will be starting.
Words can't even express how in love I am with this tiny miracle. He's nothing short of amazing to me.
