Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Developments!
I think Jamie may be talking more. "More" as in "more English", I mean. He has been talking all along, but not saying anything a normal human could understand. If he DID speak English, it would really only be to repeat a single word that someone else had just said (luckily, a curse word was never the single word that he would hear/repeat, although how he managed to escape those still perplexes me, given the amount of exposure he has to them). Now, however, he will string two (or more!) words together without hearing someone else say them first. It's a breakthrough!
Here are some example conversations:
Me: Where is your sock?
Jamie: Sock downstairs.
Greg (trying to corral kids into the bathtub): Come on, let's go!
Jamie: Caity! Caity! Bath!
And this is the best one (so far), from tonight:
Me (hearing a voice outside) : Shhh. I think I hear something.
Jamie: A noise? The noise is Daddy.
Seriously. Sometimes he can get crazy like that and put 4 words together! Chances are high that anyone else would not understand what he's saying, but I understand him and he's saying actual words!
My triumph is somewhat nauseating, I know. But I've been waiting so long for this moment...
Here are some example conversations:
Me: Where is your sock?
Jamie: Sock downstairs.
Greg (trying to corral kids into the bathtub): Come on, let's go!
Jamie: Caity! Caity! Bath!
And this is the best one (so far), from tonight:
Me (hearing a voice outside) : Shhh. I think I hear something.
Jamie: A noise? The noise is Daddy.
Seriously. Sometimes he can get crazy like that and put 4 words together! Chances are high that anyone else would not understand what he's saying, but I understand him and he's saying actual words!
My triumph is somewhat nauseating, I know. But I've been waiting so long for this moment...
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Random, Disturbing Thoughts
Can you believe that Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released 23 years ago? I remember begging my dad to let us see that in the theater (it was rated PG-13; Dad had to carefully consider whether or not he wanted to expose his under-13 children to the adult themes sure to present themselves in the film).
Wandering around life, doing day-to-day things, I don't really feel that old. But when I ponder random trivia like this, and think about where it falls in the timeline of my life, I feel ancient.
I graduated from high school in 1993. That seems like it was only a few years ago. But ah-ha! do the math and 1993 was somehow seventeen years ago. How is that possible???? Let's see: if I'm 34 now, and graduated when I was 17, that means HALF OF MY LIFE has gone by since graduation. Where did it all go? What did I do with the past 17 years?
Argh.
Wandering around life, doing day-to-day things, I don't really feel that old. But when I ponder random trivia like this, and think about where it falls in the timeline of my life, I feel ancient.
I graduated from high school in 1993. That seems like it was only a few years ago. But ah-ha! do the math and 1993 was somehow seventeen years ago. How is that possible???? Let's see: if I'm 34 now, and graduated when I was 17, that means HALF OF MY LIFE has gone by since graduation. Where did it all go? What did I do with the past 17 years?
Argh.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Welcome, 2010!
I am going to post to this blog every day this year.
Really, I am!
Probably.
Most likely.
We'll see.
Really, I am!
Probably.
Most likely.
We'll see.
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