A New Perspective

I don't really what to say about this new behaviour. He figured out how to do it all by himself and realized that he liked looking at the world upside down. So he kept doing it. It makes us laugh and so we will keep encouraging him...

Communications....sort of

Matthew has learned the sign for Milk! ...or perhaps liquid in general...or good-bye... perhaps it is contextual. Anyway he is definitely sort of communicating. At least we are responding as if he is communicating. At the table he asks for milk fairly consistently. He seems satisfied by water as well, and he has begun using the sign at bed time just before Kristine starts nursing him. Of course he uses the similar sign for good-bye, but there is a noted difference is the angle and positioning of the wrist, which is clearly intentional and obviously meant to distinguish the two signs....clearly.

Election Night!

Next to Christmas, this is the most exciting night of the year - even if it was "just" a civic election. We did our duty and participated in the democratic process, and Matthew was there in fine form. We of course met up with Bill and Mary, as we always do on elections. Kristine puts up with this mostly, but I just love election night, and I hope Matthew will love it too. the outcome wasn't as favourable as I would have liked, but this too shall pass.

11 Months

Already?! Wow.

caught mid exuberant outburst

"Matthew would accomplish more if he could maintain his focus"

11 Months.
Not sure about the hair...

Standing

Not necessarily for an extended period of time, and if there is any kind of breeze at all, like a fan, or a sneeze, he may topple over, but he is definitely standing on his own. He has even added to this amazing feat, the clapping together of various plastic implements. Walking is coming too. So far it is mostly just delayed falling, but he has the concept, and if you hold his hands he'll truck all over the place.

Inner Cat

Everyone has a little cat in them (or so says Kristine). Matthew's inner cat has expressed itself as an attraction to boxes:

10 Months

Here is Matthew's 10 Month Photo. Again, the whole sitting still thing is not really his forte right now, but really, we like it that way.

distracted by, well, by everything

Standing - good, and yet...

The 10 Month Picture.