Quoth the little boy

Xander is a much better communicator these days, which is some parts of parenthood easier. He's got a couple more words since I last posted about his language.

He now says "bye bye" sometimes when we wave good bye. He even waves "bye bye" to mama without crying most of the time when daddy takes him to school. Of course, it is tears galore while daddy is dropping him off.

He points at doors as says "doh". He really loves to play with doors these days, too, and seems fascinated with how door knobs work. He can reach the knobs, but not get his hand around them. It's so crazy he is that big.

He uses "ball" for both balls and balloons. He's getting much better at throwing balls. They have been working on throwing and catching at school. I think the dogs are going to love it when he can through balls more than a foot or two.

Xander helps us direct Copper. During dinner, we make her leave the kitchen because Xander likes to feed her people food. So, Xander yells "out, out, out, out". Not that Copper would actually listen to Xander, but he likes yelling it loud.

Xander is also a much better imitator, which is obvious from his attempts at animal sounds. He tries very hard to make "woof woof", "quack quack", and "moo" sounds. They are pretty cute attempts. He imitates much more of what we say now, including somethings that he should not say. I guess it is time to be careful.

In addition to words he can say, Xander demonstrates that he understand so much of what we say now. This comes in handy because we can give him instructions and he can help out. "Put that bowl away" actually works on occasion--you know as long as it is something he is interesting in doing. Every once in a while, he actually listens to "no", but that is rare. The things that are no-nos are just so darn irresistible.