While Dan was taking a picture of Elijah after his first proper bath in a long long time, he got very upset about not being allowed to play with the camera. Look at that face!
I have been meaning to write a post about Elijah's communication explosion in the past few weeks. He is saying and signing so many new things, and it has been very encouraging. He is still having a hard time getting a lot of air to move through his mouth, so he still says only the ends of words and many of them still are very nasal-sounding. He has an appointment with his ENT doctor next Tuesday to rule out palate deformities that could be causing some of these issues.
New signs: please, thank you, cracker, puppy, flower, car, airplane, boat.
New words: bug (he appears to like bugs and he does not get this from Mama), plant, dirt, light, car, cow, dog, walk, stuck, cat, map, mop, cup, slide, chalk, yak and the list goes on.. New words pop up every day.
Ohhhh pizza, I must eat you.
Yesterday I put Elijah in the wagon after dinner so we could go get the mail. It's our little thing we do every evening. When we walk down our driveway and turn to the left, we are heading toward the mailbox. When we turn to the right, we are heading toward the park. So when I turned left last night, he immediately got a grumpy-sad look on his face. He pointed behind him and said, "K0ck!" (I misspelled that on purpose to avoid icky google searches, and yes, that is exactly how he pronounces the word "park," and yes, it is a little weird when people in public stare at you because your child is saying that word repeatedly and very excitedly.) We eventually made it to the park and fulfilled his desire for swings and rocks and slides. Our boy is a true lover of the outdoors, and especially of parks.
We have had a really low-key and normal week, which has been nice! Dan works again this coming weekend, which is very good for our checkbook. Elijah and I have a few fun things planned, including possibly spending our first night at the dropzone this summer! We will see what other adventures lie ahead.
Thanks for checking in on our munchkin. We hope you all are having a great week!
6 comments:
I LOVE checking on your munchkin!
That first pic is priceless...he's going to get you one day!
I can't believe that he can say that many words...he's amazing!
and that plate...can he eat all that pizza on it?? I don't even think Eli eats that much....and the milk..can he drink that entire cup??
superstar...that's all I've got to say!
Hope you all get to go to the dropzone....what a fun family weekend!
Do you have Signing Time videos? They are the best--Olivia just LOVES them!
Elijah looks so adorable eating his pizza! It is so exciting to hear that he is talking more and more. Have a great weekend!
Hope you all have a fun weekend! So glad you made Elijah's night by going to the park.
Evan was getting out of the tub last night and his p was blue - I commented on how blue it was and his said, "wow... hands off my kocker." I was shocked and said, "Evan where in the world did you hear this." He just laughed and said he made it up and wasn't it funny. I have no idea and know he didn't hear it from any us ever so maybe he was just making it up. Made me almost choke when I saw Elijah's word for park this morning.
Lovely pictures of Elijah as always!
Glad he is signing and saying more and more new words recently, what a great progress of your little man!
Enjoy the weekend with Elijah. Sending our love and blessings your way xoxo.
Communication explosion!
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