Just an update

I haven't been keeping up with this blog during the summer. There just isn't time. Right now, Todd is working later, trying to leave the same time and I'm fumbling through the day.

It doesn't help that I had my mother-in-law here helping me out and I no longer feel as though I can Mommy on my own.

Jack, thankfully, is becoming a bit more independent. He plays by himself most of the time now and allows me to "get work done" when I need to. He will bring me his empty cup, scream when I take it from his monkey grip and fill it up for him. Why don't babies come preprogrammed understanding that "in a minute" really does mean "in a minute" and NOT "I'm taking this away for ever and ever and I'm going to laugh maniacally as I do it BWAHAHAHA!!!"

Let's see. Jack has mastered balloon, mom-mom (although he seems to think that HE is mom-mom, not grandmom,) Jack, mama, dada, Zelda (this is interesting as it has replaced "kitty." Ask him where Strider, Penguin or Zelda is and he will point out the correct cat but still calls them all "Zelda") Shhh! (with one finger over his lips) and he mimics humming/singing. He loves to show off to new people and will preform a variety of tricks.

He can now remove and replace straws into their proper places (hole in the cup, capri-sun, juice box, etc,) put things into his Easter basket and carry them from one place to another (before he didn't want anything in the basket,) pick his snack out of the refrigerator, know when something is being hidden from him. He can stab things with his fork now, too.

He seems to identify colors? I could just be imagining this. If I ask him to bring me the blue ball, he will bring me the blue ball. If I ask him to bring me the red ball, he will bring the red dinosaur ball. However, he seems at a loss when trying to get him to bring the blue skull ball. I don't know if this is color differentiation or if he just knows that these items are named "blue ball" and "red ball."

He mimics TV. This is quite entertaining. I was watching Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief earlier today and when the good guys won and all raised their arms up, Jack shoots his arms up in the air and lets out a very happy squeal. It's adorable. We're trying to teach him to raise his arms after we shout "TOUCHDOWN."

That's about it for now. I am amazed at how much he is learning everyday. And everyday, something is new and exciting to him. I am looking forward to what we can learn from each other tomorrow!