Monday, June 11, 2007

It has been a big week. Miles expanded his 2-word phrase repertoire beyond
“No, me!”

Beebee Duck?, or "Baby duck?" is Miles question for “May we please stop by the pond in front of the condo and look for the five or six goslings that just hatched?”

Daddah Sue came out yesterday, Milesspeak for "Daddy’s shoe." Miles was inside our front hallway, wearing one of dad’s bigger-than-a-bread-box Nikes, begging us to go outside and play.

Must-huh-chuck – this is growled, just like you would imagine any male would utter the mystical two-word combination “Monster Truck.” We have a Hard Hat Harry video (we actually have a 5-pack DVD set) and one segment features monster truck footage and education. My brother would like this video; Anne-Louise says her boyfriend would like this video. It’s Miles’s pick-o-the-week.

Moo stah is “moon and stars,” which not only refers to the moon and star-shape lamps we got from Ikea last month, but is a direction I call out during tub time when I try to shampoo Miles’s hair. He does not yet understand how the horrors of hair washing could be minimized with a gentle skyward tilt of his head, but he is getting closer everyday.

Other achievements:

Miles can trike up and down our community driveway. This was big. He started last week but perfected his form over the weekend.

This morning Miles got pretty far in his attempt to change his diaper. I found him upstairs diaper-free, with a tube of Balmex in his left hand and smears of white cream on his right hand and heinie cheek. I commended him for being a self-starter and taking initiative.

Nap's over, I can hear him thumping the slats of his crib now.
More later.