Step Stool!

Best $2.99 I ever spent. On a step stool that Will realized enabled him the joy of turning on and off lights at HIS discretion. Having a quiet dinner even though the lights are going on and off - PRICELESS.

Straws and yogurt!

Yes, I let my son drink yogurt through a straw. He liked it, and ate a lot that way. Plus Grandma Murphy was here, and it became a bit of an experiment - is it actually possible to get such a viscous liquid through a straw, and does a 16 month old actually have the sucking power to do it. Yes, and yes.

Words, words, words

This is a note on what words Will says now. Reliably, not-so-reliably, and once in a blue moon. . .

Reliably:
Ma-ma
Da-da
Go
Dis (This - meaning, What's this?)
Nigh-nigh (night-night)
Na-na (Blanket - who knows why!)
Dog
Duk (Duck - almost indistinguishable from Dog, and sometimes from Dad)
Hot
Ah-ah (which means flag)
Ahhh (which means I want that)
Ash (Ashley, a friend)
yeah

Not-so-reliably:
Hat (that was today about Dad's hat)
Hot-Dog
Mil (that was also today for milk)
Joysss (Joyce)

Once-in-blue-moon:
All-Done
Peach (that was amazing, but he only did it once)
Hey-low (hello)
Gaaama (Grandma)

Sounds, noises and signs:
pbbbtt (at dad in the car to get him to play)
sipping noise (meaning I like to drink that)
Blowing kisses
Butterfly kisses (batting his eyelashes)
Clearing his throat (apparently I do this when I read, so he pretends to read and clears his throat - so cute!)

Signs:
Banana
Milk
Please
Thank You
All Done
Play
Keys (he made this one up himself, looks like he's trying to unlock a door)
Water (A loose W over his mouth)
Yes
No

O-H-I-O