So Big!

I am growing and changing so fast these days!

I have been learning some ASL (American Sign Language)

and have started to make some rough first signs. (Milk, Eat, Water etc.)

Mom and Dad say that it never hurts to be multi-lingual!

I am taking more and more steps on my own.

(I have taken five steps and travelled about 3.5 feet now!)

I am climbing more and more (onto chairs and ottomans),

and I have a pretty long reach too!

(I can grab things off from the kitchen table and counters.

I'm getting really, really tall!)

My hair is growing really fast, too!

(It hangs over my ears and Mom and Dad debate about whether to cut it yet.)

I make lots and lots of sounds!

Sometimes Mom and Dad think it sounds like sentences!

I understand lots of words, too! When Dad says, "It's time for your bath!"

I go right to the stairs and start climbing up to the bathroom saying "Ba! Ba!".

If Mom asks, "Where's your baby?" I crawl right to him!

I also know just what I want!

If Mom and Dad don't let me have what I want, I get pretty upset.

(I know that sometimes it's for my own good, like wanting to chew on electrical cords,

but I still have to cry about it sometimes.)

We watched some video of me from when I was just a little baby.

Mom got tears in her eyes (and so did Dad), because I am growing up so fast.

Leaps and Bounds!