He is talking a ton. Some new words this month are: BIG! (saying this all the time for everything), tree, leaf, boat, bus, train, buckle, ice cream, sticker, wet (there was water on his jacket, and he felt it and said, "wet"-I had not idea he even knew that word let alone what it meant!), picture, dirt, dirty, clean up (sings the song unsolicited by us when we start to clean up toys or something lying out), roof (for the sunroof in the car), blanket, Marley (the neighborhood dog), pumpkin, giraffe, elephant, boots, bed, the end (when we are done with a book), clothes, pants, jacket, funny (when someone laughs at him or when he laughs at himself or is being silly, he will say "funny"), Elmo (where did he learn this?), bubbles, cookie (not sure where he got this one since he can't even really eat cookies...maybe we call his animal crackers cookies?), juice, knee
He's learned a new trick-When you ask him how old he is, he holds up his pointer finger and says, "One!" He's pretty quick on the draw, so you've gotta watch carefully!
I have also been noticing him put lots of words together this month like, "big truck", "yellow bus", "blue train". When we go in to take a bath, he will wave at it and say, "hi, bath!", and he'll say, "night night dada" then give kisses to Steven right before bed. (he's been very loving and affectionate lately-wanting to give kisses and big hugs around the neck). For the past 2 days when I've given him some food to eat, he's said, "Thank you, mama!" totally unsolicited (melt my heart!!). He's also been saying bye-bye to certain people, like on Face time the other night he said, "bye-bye, Aunt Mae!" He says bye-bye to all of his friends after school, even on the car ride home:) Eli, Graham, Ellis, Braeden, Patty, John Lane...we talk about them constantly!
This month Henry has been loving watching/helping Maggie do tricks. He says "treat, treat" and runs to her treat jar. Steven lets him give her the treat after she's done a trick. He gets the biggest kick out of it, and it is so cute to watch Henry try to imitate Steven with the hand motions he does. He also says, "lie down" and "come!". When it is all over, though, Henry gets very sad and begs for more. This is a running theme, and I think it might be the beginning of the "terrible twos". :) He has such an opinion.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" "Oh, How I Love Jesus" (on his own, he will randomly sing, "oh, Jesus!" to himself), "ABC's", "Pat-a-Cake", and "Ring Around the Rosy" are his favorites right now. He begs to play Ring Around the Rosy, and says, "hand? mama, hand?" if I am not playing. He wants both of us involved, and usually cries for more before it is even over. He is very dramatic for the all fall down part. For "Pat-a-Cake" he chimes in during these parts: pat a cake, roll it! pat it! B! baby! me!
He's been showing lots of interest in the potty this month, and I'm not really sure what to do with that. He says, "poo poo" and pats at his diaper, then when we ask him if he wants to go sit on the potty, he says, "uh-huh". We've put him on the big potty for the first few weeks, and had some success with one #1 and one #2 deposit, but after a few days of this, he would ask the same way, but as soon as we put him on he would want off. Very confusing. Anyway, we got him the kid potty you sit on the ground and the seat one you put on the big potty just the other day, so he has seemed more comfortable with that, but we have still not had any more actual successes. I guess we will still keep trying since he is showing interest, but I gotta say that it's kind of a pain and kind of a lot of work!:) He may be too young to start, but several friends I've talked to have said to do it if he's acting interested. It is even harder to ignore him when he's saying it...I feel terrible just saying, nope, just go in your diaper...so, I guess we will keep it up.
We might be making some progress in the food department. Just this week we've had success at home with some chicken nuggets, some roasted broccoli, and turkey kielbasa-all things he never would have touched previously. I've tried to limit his milk intake some (ie-not let him have it prior to meals) to maybe boost his appetite some. Maybe it's helping. He eats all kinds of snack type food (had his first granola bar this week and liked it)
He still love reading, and one of his favorites is the above. He says, "walk, walk, walk!" and "run, run, run" for the dogs. He also likes, "moo, baa, la, la, la" and will say, "la, la, la!" and "no, no, no" randomly throughout the day (quotes from the book). :) He also likes Corduroy, Doggies, and Little Boy Jesus. There's a first Bible I keep in the car, and he looks through it on the way to school in the morning. I will hear him in the back saying, "Jesus?" "hi, Jesus!" and "baby Jesus" as he looks. It keeps him preoccupied for whatever reason!
Well, there's so much more but I will stop. We love you, Hank. Thanks for being so much fun and for being so sweet. Each day with you is a treat.
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