nearly walking

still experimenting with walking! still doing it in fits and starts.

in other news, he can say "water" and "book" and he enjoys spelling along with me. "bee oh oh kay."

it's where the goodness collects

we're told linus ate lots of sauteed beef liver with reduced sherry during his visit to the barry household this afternoon.

important development

he hugs!

generalizations

four-legged animals: "woof woof."
stuff in a bowl in the kitchen: "dough."
women: "amy."

bye!

latest thing: linus consistently says "bye" to the bath, his kitchen doorway swing, people, places, et cetera. especially to his kitchen doorway swing, which he loves but only in small doses.

bock bock

i picked linus up from t&t's house this evening and he clucked at me (they have chickens). he associates chickens ("bock bock") and eggs ("eggies"). he said "moon" all the way from the porch door to the car.

late night living room scene

circa 3:45am, having just had a diaper change, nursing in the living room, linus is quiet for a long time. from the bedroom it looks as though he's asleep. then:

"dark."

several beats. "snow."

several beats. "moon."

early morning scene

circa 4:45am.

having just been danced back to sleep after a diaper change, linus is sawing logs with his cheek on the sheepskin.

evidently dreaming about dogs. hauls self up on hands, says "woof woof woof!" crawls over to mama to resume sleep.

evening scene

sitting at the table, naked from the waist down while a diaper rash heals, grownup-sized oven mitts on both hands, trying to drink from a small water bottle.