Amy Basque Visit from 2/15 - 2/18

Amy came to visit this weekend and like always we had a great time but were terrible about taking pictures. These were all from the last day... The first couple at lunch while she walked Sad Sick Simon around the restaurant to keep him occupied before food. The last couple rolling balls on the floor between Alan and Amy with Simon in the middle. He had a very short temper and it was one of the very few times he was not okay being out. To such a point that Amy just took him home while Alan and I finished eating our lunches - thanks again!

Sad Sick Simon

Look! Salt and Pepper!

Pictures of the Day: 2/21/13

Boy does he need a hair cut! We are ordering the proper tools and then I'm trying again!

Valentines Day Card

Simon opened his very first Valentines Day card this year (from Grandpa Bart and Grandma Kiki) and after ripping the envelope into very tiny pieces he was ready to look at the card itself. It had a monkey magnet which was amazing. The monkey got to hang on the cabinet handles and got lots of hugs and kisses.

Suspenders and tattoos

More after jump:

Ready for the day

I taught my son one hundred words

We have officially stopped tracking Simon's words. We tracked his first 100 words and I am quite happy with that. Around the end of January he started learning many new words a day and by now he can repeat and say words that he just heard us saying and we weren't trying to teach him. It's amazing how saying the first 100 words was a slow road and now the learning is exponential.

Some of the fun new ones are 'Where are you?' said in a sing song voice whenever he's looking for someone or something, Oatmeal (said as two distinct syllables) and Daddy-o (said with a serious pause at the hyphen) are some of my favorites.

In general he is a fantastic little communicator. When he is hungry he goes to the kitchen signing 'hungry' and then says eat or cook (or more often snack!). Then you give him a list of options and he'll tell you what he's in the mood for - though sometimes he just cuts to the chase and tells you banana or egg or yogurt before you can even ask.

Now it is on to the next 100 words... we'll be there in a couple weeks I think.

Chillin' at Gymboree

We had to take a little time out from all the playing at Gymboree. Too many things to do!