gavin is quite excited about communicating vocally now. he calls his dad alot “da da da da da”. of course, he also refers to his blankie, and his mama, and his toes as “da da da”. he also says “ma ma ma”, but this is usually directed toward his own fingers or the room he’s in. he really likes reading books for approximately thirty seconds at which point he gets very frustrated if he’s not allowed to eat the book. He is rolling all over the place, especially to areas underneath furniture. It must seem like his very own cave or something. he’s a very active little guy. i suspected he would be because of how active he was before his birth. but he sure is in a hurry to do whatever he’s doing at the moment. i think we’ll spend a lot of time at the park when he learns to run.

often he screams for just a second or two when i put him down on his blanket or in the exersaucer (which by the way, he graduated to the middle height setting in) and then is completely happy. i think he doesn’t like being put down, but is happy to play once that initial moment is over. either he has a very short memory, or doesn’t hold grudges. i doubt the former, seeing as how it’s obvious he recognizes his aunt meara and his grandpa and grandma mcclenahan. and that he seems terribly bored with the toys he plays with every day.

“this rattle again?! do you think i’m as easily amused as all that? i’ll show you what’s fun. these kitty nail clippers are fun…or this pen, or a chair leg, or, heeeey, check this out: a keyboard! i know how this works, i watch you guys do it all the time…just pound on it, like this!”