Some Videos

John enjoying playing in the front yard on Wednesday:
Our neighbor's pretty flowers:
John is dancing more and more these days:

John is learning how to climb onto the lowest shelf of furniture, in this case the sofa table. He thinks it is a riot to pop up and laugh at me.

Every so often I have put on a specific kid-show on the television to see if John was interested. So far, he just isn't that interested, although sometimes he'll shock us when he doesn't seem to be paying attention to the television and will suddenly alert us to a dog or cat in a commercial. Today I put on Sesame Street for the first time and John was interested. I noticed that he was excited by the old-fashioned puppet pieces (like Bert and Ernie), but as soon as another type of clip would come on (say a cartoon or live action), John would wander off. Here he is enjoying the classic "Rubber Ducky . . ."

John is communicating more and more. Using sign language is just fantastic and makes my job easier. For example, I recently taught him a sign to use when he wants to get down from his booster seat at the table. I was getting really tired of his shaking his tray while whining and shrieking. I taught him the sign for DOWN and he is already using it to ask politely when he wants to leave the table. In fact, today he used it when asking for helping getting down from the bed, so he learned to apply the sign logically to another situation all by himself!

Also, when John passes gas, he has started informing me, "Dab-dah!" (diaper). He's either telling me, "I think you should change my diaper" or "I felt something in my diaper." It's funny, but it's also really useful!