1- Karl is SUPER helpful! I'm sure I've said this before, but Karl likes be underfoot helping out in anyway he sees fit. When I sweep the floor Karl is happy to stand in or walk through the pile of dirt- making sure I know where it is. When I rush to get the dustpan and leave the broom unattended Karl makes his move. Before I know it he is sweeping my neat pile of dirt all around the floor. When I vacuum Karl helps direct me by standing in front of the vacuum so I can't move until he does. He also helps by turning the vacuum on and off when I am not paying attention. Charlie really loves visits from 'Mr. Bissell' and Karl helps me out by chasing Charlie and yelling "DOH"(in baby that means "No!").
Karl does his best to fix any problem that he sees. These pajamas are quite fitting :)
Mr. Fix-It
2- Karl has started mimicking certain activities that he sees us do. He loves brushing his teeth and cries when we say "All done" and make him put the toothbrush down. If he gets his hand on a hair brush he will do his best to brush his imaginary long locks. One of the funniest things he does is when he picks up something that is or looks like a phone he yells loudly "WEE!". We're not sure why he thinks this sounds like "hello". We suspect that he is actually French and picking up the phone and yelling, tersely, "YES!?".
Another favorite thing Karl pretends to do is blow his nose. He loves finding napkins or tissues and saying "phoo" instead of blowing. It is much funnier than it sounds.
3- Karl loves reading. He gets very upset at night when we aren't reading to him all the time. If you tell him to go find a book he eagerly complies and then shoves it in your face until you read it. If you don't respond immediately, this is what happens (there is major whining going on in this picture):
4- Karl can open doors! My days of going to the bathroom alone are gone. This morning I was taking a shower while I thought Karl was dozing on our bed. A few minutes in and I heard the door open and the curtain was flung aside. It's like having our own version of 'Psycho', but less scary.
The other evening I was playing the piano downstairs while Karl was getting a bath. I heard the water draining and then heard tiny footsteps running towards the hallway upstairs. A naked baby was heading down for me!
Look at those nice curved fingers! Good technique, son!
6- Karl has a few words in his vocabulary now. He says 'book', 'ball', 'dada', 'doh' (no), 'ya ya ya' (yes), 'zoc' (sock), 'phoos' (shoes). Karl also understands quite a bit. You can give him a sentence such as "Do you want to ride your zebra?" and he will find it and sit on it. Or you can say "Let's read 'Happy Birthday Maisy'. Can you find it"? He searches through all of his books until he finds the one that you mentioned. It's a great way to keep him occupied if you are in the middle of something (say a blog post...)
We love our little guy more as each day passes. I can't wait to share the skills he develops this month :)
2 comments:
Very Sweet Karl! There are a couple of pics where he looks so much like Max and Jakob. You can really see the toddler coming out in him.
The pictures show just how much personality he has! He sounds like a busy, perfect, intelligent, fun boy. What a joy!
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