My boy turned two this week, and with it came his first phrase. I’ve been worried (as usual) about his speech lately, wondering what the doctor would say at his 2 year check up when I told her he was not yet speaking in phrases. At least now I’ll have a little [...]

Sam and I spend the first 20 minutes of our day snuggling in bed together. We cuddle, have some nummies, and sort of doze on and off until he’s really ready to wake up. I know he is ready when all of a sudden his eyes are wide open and he begins practicing [...]

Well, I was going to participate in Steph’s Bump! photo tag today but my brother is doing some updating to the new blog to make uploading photos easier, so that will have to wait. But don’t you worry, I’ve got some doozies for you and if you’re very lucky I’ll even provide a glimpse [...]

Sam has moved on from his “Rollin’ It” obsession to Play Doh. He loves the stuff. He searches for where I hide the little jars of it and screams until I bring them down. We even busted out the flour and the salt and made our own dough yesterday. Remind me [...]

We’ve had more words around here lately. But there has yet to be a repeat of “sho” or “cah.” In fact, Sam seems to only be interested in saying his words for us a few times in the moment and then never coming back to them…ever. It makes us wonder if he [...]

At long last…long, long last…my child is officially verbal. For the past few weeks Sam has been imitating our speech more and especially our intonation. Every so often we’d hear a vowel or consonant that was very similar to what we’d just said. As usual though it was never certain when he [...]

It’s time to follow up on some recent topics. After all, I don’t want to leave anyone hangin’.
Sam’s visit to his new pediatrician was awesome. I told her I was concerned about his lack of verbiage. She asked some questions about what he was doing and about his ability to understand what [...]