We're speaking in sentences now ( Read more... )

My child, who is not quite 19mos old yet, has successfully counted to 9 without the help of visual aids...

What's that you ask..?

Why, yes... he is a genius...

Cow
Butt
Please
Cookie
Cracker
Thank You
Yellow
Goat
Lion
TV
Baby

This makes 45 words that we recognize (there are probably more that I can't remember at the moment) and that puts him way ahead of where he is expected to be for his age... *Proud Daddy*

Here are some new words... this is mainly for archival reasons... and the 'cute' factor...

Piano
Elephant (he really says Egelment, but that's close enough...)
Apple
Hippo
Nemo (as in Finding)
Night Night
Bed
Pillow (comes out more like 'poe')
Boat
Choo Choo
Uh-Oh

Words we can say ( Read more... )

( Dade's First Birthday..! )

My son has decided that walking is way cooler than crawling ( Read more... )

My fearless son has decided that the Cookie Monster is scary... He has this reaction with nothing and no one else... I have no idea why he has been having this reaction, but I'm sure all of this will come out while he's on a couch talking to a psychologist 20yrs from now ( Read more... )

Nothing new and/or amazing happened today... other than my child took his first step!He likes to stand with his back to the couch so that he is balanced, yet has his hands free to wave around... I was sitting maybe two feet in front of him with the two of us facing each other... suddenly wanting the toy in my hand, he started to lean forward and ( Read more... )

Welcome to Dade's Journal... a chronical of a father's experiences raising his son ( Read more... )