Communication

Josh has been babbling for the last few months.  He's said words although we didn't really believe the words had true meaning.  He has said mama and dada but while he looks at one of us and says it, he also looks at other things and says it.  Josh has also communicated in other ways.  He understands some commands such as "hands up" and will sometimes bring us something if we ask for it (pretty hit or miss so far).  He's also pointing a lot.  He points at things he wants (which is pretty much everything).  He does make the same type of sound when he sees Jeter but it doesn't really sound like words. He has also learned a few signs, "more" and "milk", although he has stopped using them lately.

Until now this has been mostly us talking to him and him only communicating by pointing.  But this past weekend we are ready to call it, Josh has said his first word.  He now walks over to one of us, looks at us and says, "up, up, up".  He only says this when he wants to be picked up and is only satisfied if we pick him up.  He knows that it is far too cute to resist so he has been getting picked up a lot recently.

Here is a video of Josh asking to be picked up:

It is MoCo we need to bring our own bag!

Working on some sharing

Sore from my workout!