Ok so today we were cleaning up the remnants of lunch, Ian was sitting playing over on the first step, a handful of coasters in his hand. From her chair Melissa counted them as he moved them “One, two, three, four, five…”
And then Ian chimed in, moving the coasters and pointing, but more importantly… counting. Melissa and I fell silent in shock… he said the rest by himself, without any kind of aid —
“Seeks, Heben, Eight, Nine, Ten.”
Melissa and I looked at each other in disbelief and then applauded and cheered. Ian was thrilled with our reaction.
But that’s not all… hopefully I’ll have a video of him trying the alphabet. He doesn’t have that down nearly as well as the above, but you can hear the pieces falling into place.
Alright so here’s the audio bits! Click on the “title” in order to hear the sounds. Some of them are a little big to download, sorry.
Animals
This is Ian naming some animals and other objects on a toy that he received for his birthday. Listen for “That’s a monkey.”
Be Careful Daddy
I slipped on a step. If you listen carefully he says “Be careful Daddy. Careful, please.”
Breathe
This is just the sound of him breathing with a zooey in his mouth. I know that’s maybe a little weird, but if I played this in a loop in my office? My blood pressure would be much better off, believe me.
Mommy
Apparently everybody in the photo album is mommy! Think about this for just a second… he plays peek-a-boo and laughs, because he knows it is a game… but it is also a sort of physical joke. This, if you think about it, may be his very first verbal joke. Listen to him laugh at the end… he knows he’s being silly.
Names
Ok so we didn’t get the whole family, I apologize, but he did name a few…
Not Red Green
Ok so you’ve seen pictures of him picking a drawer with a sucker… in this audio snippet, listen carefully. He says “Thas a red (something)” he then points at something that is green and says “Thas na red… Green.” As in this isn’t a red thing, this is a green thing. That, to me, is huge. That’s a brain working in there.
No Way
Here he names various colors, and you can hear the now infamous catchphrase “no way” in action, repeatedly.
Ready Set Go
In all its cuteness, here’s the magic phrase.
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I forgot to mention Mommy’s b-day in addition to Ian’s.I didn’t forget to get her a present and a sort of card with ian pictures in it, but I did forget to mention it here. The highlight was making Ian present an armful of flowers to his mommy when we got back from daycare.
Melissa took the day off of work Monday because she was feeling bad… she’s been feeling horrible since Friday night. She’s doing much better now, and will probably go back into work as of today (which should be Wednesday if I get this entry up.)
As far as Ian news goes, he’s all about talk these days — but you’ll have to wait for the next entry to hear some of the latest things that he’s been saying. You won’t believe how quickly he’s learning.
Before I get started on the pictures, I wanted to mention that we went to our 2 year check-up today, and Ian is 27.8 lbs, 34 inches tall, and healthy. His ears even looked good. We asked the doctor about Ian’s troubles with ear infections, that this alone had us a bit worried about hearing loss, and she was not worried… she said the proof is in his vocabulary, and I agree. She was a bit shocked to hear him say “I did it!” for putting a tongue depressor in the wire-o binding of Melissa’s notebook… They apparently were hoping for a 20 word vocabulary, and he’s rattling of three word sentences… but really that’s par the course these days.
This is NOT a picture of me dancing to the theme of Spongebob Squarepants, no matter HOW it looks. Does Ian maybe look a little older than the last round of pictures? I think he does… hang on it gets worse. wait until the last picture of the entry… See this image larger.
We took the hardware off of these drawers, because the handles were sharp and pointy, and also because without handles, we didn’t ever have to worry about Ian getting into them, right?. After all, what’s left but some very slender screw-holes? Waaaait a minute. Is that a sucker? See this image larger.
Yes, our clever little boy defeated us yet again with a simple candy sucker… specifically the handle end. Stick it all the way in, apply pressure to a side, and pull. He didn’t get it more than an inch or two open, but who cares… the fact that he thought to do this floors me. See this image larger.
I’m not sure what it is about this picture, but when I look at it, for the first time I feel like I know what he’s going to look like when he’s older. Something about his head and neck — hard to say. Here he shows off his stair climbing ability. See this image larger.
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Wait, WHAT?
Ok so today we were cleaning up the remnants of lunch, Ian was sitting playing over on the first step, a handful of coasters in his hand. From her chair Melissa counted them as he moved them “One, two, three, four, five…”
And then Ian chimed in, moving the coasters and pointing, but more importantly… counting. Melissa and I fell silent in shock… he said the rest by himself, without any kind of aid —
“Seeks, Heben, Eight, Nine, Ten.”
Melissa and I looked at each other in disbelief and then applauded and cheered. Ian was thrilled with our reaction.
But that’s not all… hopefully I’ll have a video of him trying the alphabet. He doesn’t have that down nearly as well as the above, but you can hear the pieces falling into place.
EDIT – I don’t have the alphabet video yet, but here’s a nice one I took around Christmas time of Ian as a raspberry machine. Enjoy!
Click here to see Ian as a raspberry machine!
Show and Tell, Part II (the tell part)
Alright so here’s the audio bits! Click on the “title” in order to hear the sounds. Some of them are a little big to download, sorry.
Animals
This is Ian naming some animals and other objects on a toy that he received for his birthday. Listen for “That’s a monkey.”
Be Careful Daddy
I slipped on a step. If you listen carefully he says “Be careful Daddy. Careful, please.”
Breathe
This is just the sound of him breathing with a zooey in his mouth. I know that’s maybe a little weird, but if I played this in a loop in my office? My blood pressure would be much better off, believe me.
Daddy
He woke up, and this is what he said.
Mommy
Apparently everybody in the photo album is mommy! Think about this for just a second… he plays peek-a-boo and laughs, because he knows it is a game… but it is also a sort of physical joke. This, if you think about it, may be his very first verbal joke. Listen to him laugh at the end… he knows he’s being silly.
Names
Ok so we didn’t get the whole family, I apologize, but he did name a few…
Not Red Green
Ok so you’ve seen pictures of him picking a drawer with a sucker… in this audio snippet, listen carefully. He says “Thas a red (something)” he then points at something that is green and says “Thas na red… Green.” As in this isn’t a red thing, this is a green thing. That, to me, is huge. That’s a brain working in there.
No Way
Here he names various colors, and you can hear the now infamous catchphrase “no way” in action, repeatedly.
Ready Set Go
In all its cuteness, here’s the magic phrase.
Show and Tell, Part I (the show part)
I forgot to mention Mommy’s b-day in addition to Ian’s.I didn’t forget to get her a present and a sort of card with ian pictures in it, but I did forget to mention it here. The highlight was making Ian present an armful of flowers to his mommy when we got back from daycare.
Melissa took the day off of work Monday because she was feeling bad… she’s been feeling horrible since Friday night. She’s doing much better now, and will probably go back into work as of today (which should be Wednesday if I get this entry up.)
As far as Ian news goes, he’s all about talk these days — but you’ll have to wait for the next entry to hear some of the latest things that he’s been saying. You won’t believe how quickly he’s learning.
Before I get started on the pictures, I wanted to mention that we went to our 2 year check-up today, and Ian is 27.8 lbs, 34 inches tall, and healthy. His ears even looked good. We asked the doctor about Ian’s troubles with ear infections, that this alone had us a bit worried about hearing loss, and she was not worried… she said the proof is in his vocabulary, and I agree. She was a bit shocked to hear him say “I did it!” for putting a tongue depressor in the wire-o binding of Melissa’s notebook… They apparently were hoping for a 20 word vocabulary, and he’s rattling of three word sentences… but really that’s par the course these days.