Language

Corbin can repeat most anything these days- at least, he attempts to. I haven't counted his words lately. I lost count, but he probably uses 30 words regularly now. He's started to combine a few words, too. For instance, when we are going upstairs for bedtime, he will say, "Up? Bath?" Actually, now that I think about it, he mostly combines other words with "up", thus telling us the reason he wants to go up- whether that's up in our arms or going up a flight of stairs.

He has also started this mumbo-jumbo language that he thinks is coherent. It sounds a little like an Asian dialect, with lots of inflections. It's cute.

He's still obsessed with the alphabet & can identify all of the letters now & most of the numbers. If he sees something with letter on it, he wants to point to them and spell it out.

About a year ago, we bought him a trial pack of Your Baby Can Read, and we recently got it out since he is so obsessed with letters. He loves the flashcards. This morning, he identified the words "arms up" and "elephant" before looking at the pictures. I'm not pushing him into this- this is something he chooses to play with on his own & we just play along with him. Of course, at this point, it's memorization, but I surely don't think it's hurting anything. So, we're just going to continue to encourage him.

First Haircut!

We did it!

I was sick of it frizzing out because i was too lazy to style it. Jon was freaking because he got the "pretty little girl" comments 3 times this week. It turned out really cute & it was not as emotionally hard as I thought it would be. Lots of pics...

Before


Steve from Blue's Clues makes it a little easier


He got to sit in an airplane!


Hmm... what's this lady doing?


A little snip here...




A smile for the camera! While she bagged up the first few locks of hair, he got a little more relaxed (temporarily)


This cut was right after naptime




Bribery with balloons




After- he still has curls!




His reward was that he could play in the play area


His keepsake certificate

Independence Day Weekend 2009

We just got back from our vacation at the lake. Corbin had a blast. He was so excited to socialize with everyone, especially all of the visiting kids next door. He thinks he's one of the big kids, too.

Here's an action shot- playing frisbee with Daddy. Isn't that speedo suit cute? $2 at a garage sale.



Waving goodbye to the people who stayed back at the cottage.



See those curls? They are getting so long!



Pointing and commenting on some of the boats that were passing by



A cute pic with Daddy on the 4th



Walking between cottages



Another boat pic. He is missing one shoe!



Strong man with Aunt Jeni



Jon put him in the hammock swing from Mexico. He loved it & giggled as he swung.



Playing cornhole. He loved that board with the little boy holding ice cream on it. He kept sitting on it & pointing to the ice cream, saying, "Iiiice!"



Random cuteness



On our last day there, Jon put him back in the swing. He was having some allergy/eczema flares & I had to give him some Benadryl. That combined with a beautiful day at the lake in a hammock knocked him out. Poor kid. He stopped scratching open his skin, though, so it worked. Here he is sneaking in a smile before he falls asleep.



This one was taken without the flash on, so it's a little darker. Here is how he slept for an hour or so. When he woke up, he had rope marks all over! He sparked lots of conversations as people passed by.

Some Video Fun

Here he is saying some of the alphabet, E through J



In the sprinkler. He opened his mouth every time it approached- it was cute!



Here he is making a card for his Aunt Jeni for this weekend. We're working on colors right now- that's why I'm trying to have him pick up the yellow marker (not that it worked!)