Week 51

August's developments this week again seemed to present themselves at a much quicker pace. It's almost as if each day he wakes up with the goal to beat his previous day's advances. No, he is not walking just yet, but he is definitely working on the skills needed to get there. He loves to stand in place and do his 'up/down' exercises, and has even added a hip twisting motion into the mix.

He also seems to have added a few new letter notches to his vocabulary belt this week. He's been strong with the 'b's and 'w's for a while, but has added a 'g' and a faint 'd' to the list.  We still don't have any of your clearly discernible words, but we're quite sure he says 'bob', 'ball', a form of 'bear', 'whoa', 'wow', 'up', and as of this morning, we may have a 'dog'. And he quite understands 'eat'. If you ask him if he wants to eat any meal, he will start a little fuss and start frantically crawling towards his high chair, much like what he has done for several months when you ask if he wants a bottle. 

Finally, he has spent a lot more time 'reading' his books to himself, and rarely turns down an opportunity for you to read to him. While he enjoys most of his books, he definitely has his favorites. He currently loves any and all of his 'touch and feel' texture books, along with anything that has a puppet attached to it, or  books that contain photos of actual babies. Hands down the reigning favorite for the past 4 months running remains 'Bear on a Bike' by Stella Blackstone. It's part of the bear series from Barefoot books, that I just happened to pick up for 25 cents the one day I went garage sale-ing. He has since acquired 2 more, and as of this Friday, will have all but two in the set. How do we know that it's his favorite? Because he will pick it out of the box and scurry it over to where you are sitting. And as soon as you are finished reading it the first time, he will whimper and put it back in your hands for a second r I'll admit, if you're stuck having to read the same children's book on repeat, it could be much worse! 

sharing his toast & cheese

snack time

happy hour