Funny Things Caleb is Saying and Doing These Days

Sometimes I start to make a list of all the funny Caleb-isms that are current, but before I get a good list started, he gets ahead of me - that is his speech matures enough that the funny ways he says stuff suddenly disappears. Still he has some funny things he's saying right now...like:

- It's 30 o'clock! - He says this whenever he means time or if he sees a clock.

- The sun camed up mommy! - translation, I'm awake, now make me breakfast!

- I want to sleep on your elbow. - Elbow, shoulder, they're both joints...

- Not today! - This basically means no, but really he's imitating something I tell him (a lot!).

- Der we go! - I didn't realize I say "There we go!" a lot until Caleb started saying this.

- What's that guy's name? - This is the most common variation of a whole series of questions he's asking right now - that is, he's just as likely to ask me the name of a turtle as the name of a stranger.

- Grody! - He picked that up from Rob.

Did you notice that almost everything he says ends with an exclamation point? He likes to squeal now too...almost always at completely inappropriate times. He also likes to spit - I never thought of that as a motor milestone, but it did take a while to master.

Otherwise, he is gaining new skills - I was excited to see his drawing ability is appearing. Before he only drew scribbles, but I see a very clear train in this picture.

It's the first thing I've noticed him draw that was an identifiable picture. Too bad it was on the magnetic board so I can't save it.

And as Annalise gets bigger he likes to play with her more. Still he's more of a danger to her than a playmate.