I learn from an uncle that when I was very little, maybe 3 or 4, at a baptism I was roaming around while a speaker preached about the Holy Ghost. At the mention of the term, I exclaimed in a high pitched, emphatically expressed astoundment: “The Holy GHOST!?” and continued wandering around. The speaker continued and soon repeated the same term, at which I exclaimed in the same manner but more intensely: “The Holy GHOST!? *AGAIN!?*”
Trying to keep up with the lad..
I vacationed for a few days and came back and his voice was deeper and his features more developed. The morphing that takes place right before my eyes but I don’t see it unless I don’t.. amazing.
This morning I opened the door to look outside, he pointed outdoors and said “Da”, I suppose because he associates outdoors with me since I walk him occasionally, and when I closed the door he cried. He wouldn’t have staying inside (not that I necessarily wanted him to), so I took him for a walk - that made him happy again.
If you set him in front of a clip from LADY AND THE TRAMP of the doggie being introduced to a newborn babe in a crib (thanks to my sister-in-law for sending that clip), at the sight of the dog he squeals a high pitch of joy, says “Da! Da!.. ” repeatedly, and makes the sign for dog (patting his thigh as to beckon a dog). Unless you’re trying to videotape him doing this and he senses the performance pressure. I’ll make another attempt at taping this without pressure, just all candid-like..
Mom holds him above obstructions to look at me and he beams and giggles.
This past month or so he crawls up to the Spider Man Ride-On toy (a little push-car he can sit on - a Christmas find from a sibling), hoists himself up to stand alongside it, presses the button on the steering wheel to play the gingle: “SPIDER MAN, SPIDER MAN.. nothing can stop the amazing wall-crawler!” - smiles, and wiggles his knees and bum up and down in a dance. He does the same for the other steering wheel button which says “My spidey sense is tingling!” - and presses either over and over.
For the sound of a bear, gorrilla, aligator, or monster he’ll do a chest-growled but rhaspy “RRaah!” - so bear is both just a chest grunt and that.
He does a car sound: BVVVVVVBBBBVVV. He picked that up after just one demonstration from me.
He says dog (da) ball (ba), dada, mama, banana (nana), cheerios (dcheess) this (deez) that (dat), grandpa (bapa), SPIDER MAN (bai-man!), and dam, the last of which we properly don’t know what it applies to.. yeah, maybe it’s one of those first things they pick up from you and shouldn’t have.
He signs music, light, dog, elephant, baby, bed (rarely), and waves bye-bye. To sign music he’ll sometimes use one arm like conducting, and at other times hold both hands together and wiggle his arms abruptly back and forth and all around, with this open-eyed, concerted look on his face.. funny.
He’s been pointing for maybe a month. If you amuse him he might point at you and laugh. That’s rather culturally taboo isn’t it? I like it though.
He’s had four teeth in for some time.
Two full moons ago, on Jan 17th:
We took him out accross the lake to listen to the wind and waves and see the city by night this last full moon (after a cousin’s wedding) - just as the moon came up over the mountain. He stared at the moon. He loved all of it and cried when we put him back in the car.
[That’s from one of my emails]
Recently we took him to a man-made pond in a business park in Spanish Fork to see (and feed) ducks. He loved it. He was more excited by a dog who happened to be there, and made his little “Wwwfh! Wwwfh!” barking sounds and the dog sign in American Sign Language (which I hope to note next entry).
More recently I took him on a walk when it was very wintry, and hummed holiday tunes (not carols). He imitated me somewhat melodically with “ba-ba-ba-da..” etc. He loves just riding in the stroller looking at the scene. The stroller and I were caked with snow - he not so much. Little bright red nose though in his bundle of clothes.
I just backposted an exploring mythology I wrote when he was six months old. .. He deserves more wilderness exploration than we give him by far.
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It’s apparent in these he’s having a hard time with naps, poor guy.
He has started saying and trying to say many words. His favorite, which he utters just for the phonetic pleasure, is “Bop” over and over. .. I dont remember the many words this moment - most of them are animals. He’ll let you know about a dirty diaper though, with “pboop-pboop.”