A bajillion years later....

Haven't kept this up, have I? Well, I doubt anyone's reading anyway, at least not after this amount of radio silence!

Anyway, Liftoff Boy turned 1 in June and he's just an amazing and cool little guy. Mostly cheerful, very smart. His animal noise repertoire includes cat, dog, cow, bee, snake, dolphin (has to be heard to be appreciated), lion, duck and rooster. We're still working on sheep and a few other things. He will blow when you mention the wind and makes cool thunder noises. He will imitate train whistles, sirens and airplanes. Words he uses fairly regularly include "Whassat?" (accompanied by pointing at something), yeah, no, ba (bottle still), wa (water), tsehss (cheese), suwo (squirrel - we have lots outside) and Diddy (Daddy). Notice the lack of "Mommy". He loves to say both "boo," and since the Fourth of July, "boom!". Fireworks are cool! He repeats words when we introduce them too. He also does traditional ASL signs for "eat" and "all done" and has made up his own for showing he's sleepy (touching his ear with his hand). He can point to his nose and mouth, clap and stick out his tongue on command (even if you don't do it yourself), and sometimes will point to his eyes or ear when asked. He has no interest in waving. If he's in the mood he can complete spoken tasks like "Bring me a book" or "Can you go hug Jerry the giraffe?" He loves books and will bring them over to be read repeatedly.

He walks, runs, climbs on the furniture, and is very interested in in all kinds of toys. He's trying to figure out doorknobs at the moment. He'll try coloring with crayons, but so far the temptation to eat them is just too strong. He's starting to show interest in putting knobbed puzzle pieces into their proper spaces. He points all the time. He likes to play his recorder (toot it anyway), play his kazoo, hit his drum, etc. No real interest yet in stacking anything.

I think that's it.

Boom!