He also adores Champ and tries to sneak him food from his own plate (less 'sneak,' more 'get dog's attention then start dropping tons of food into his mouth') and has a word for him and all other dogs.
He loves to wave. When he hears an airplane or motorcycle, he always looks for the source of the noise and then waves. Even if we are inside and it's clear the source is not nearby!
He also waves goodnight to everyone. I just went in to check on him (11pm) and he looked up from the crib, lifted himself up, waved at me, then plopped back down. Eeek, even thinking about the cuteness is too much for me!
Hallelujah, he FINALLY says "mama"!!! He probably started saying it on occasion a week ago and now he says it often. Nowhere near on the scale of how often (and often randomly) he says Dada, but I am just so happy to hear my name!!
He really understands language now. Last week I asked him to put something on his head and he did it. Today we were in his room and he was playing with Katie Ray's huge (practically his own size) teddy bear and I said "do you want bear to sleep in the crib?" He started to laugh and dragged the bear over to the crib, and with great effort pulled the bear into the crib. Then (with my help) he pulled him out, kissed his nose several times, then went and pulled out a new wipe and started cleaning the bear. Adorable.
Last but not least for tonight, his love of the cleaning tools (brooms, rags, mops, rakes, brushes) has not diminished.
