Connecting the Dots

We got back from Vegas tonite and had another lovely flight. Dante played for most of it and fell asleep for a few hours before we landed. No fussing, no crying. The only time he got a little testy was right before he fell asleep when he was exhausted and had some trouble figuring out a comfy position to fall asleep in. That ended up being on top of me. The woman who shared our aisle was great. She had her daughter with her who'd been competing in a cheerleading comp. in Vegas and an 8 year old.

What I wanted to write down were the new things he's put together just in the last week. We were taking a bath and he has figured out how to pour water on my head and direct the container towards me instead of just spilling it on himself. Last week he would try and pour it on me but up end it in his direction every time. Tonite he knew how to pour in the direction he wanted it to go in. He had an apple in the bath with him and there were bubbles. He tried taking a bite and didn't like it and then I noticed that he was rinsing the apple off and getting the soap bubbles off it and then taking a bite.

New words this week. Od is becoming a real word to him, Toda started in earnest a couple of weeks ago, Caca, Cat, Bamba (popcorn). He knows where his poopick and Af are. He said hi and hello this last week when we were in the playground and he was imitating a talkative parrot that someone had brought to the place.

He blew his first kiss at Teresa this last week, I think it was on Wednesday. She was leaving and we went to the door together and I was saying Bye Bye and waving and Teresa looked back at us at the elevator and blew him a kiss. He made a puckering, smacking sound back at her. Then yesterday in Vegas Christine was at her desk and blew a kiss at him and he blew one right back hand sweep and all.