Taedon has been busy practicing walking lately.  It's amazing how fast he can get to where he shouldn't be these days.  Niko has also noticed he really has to be alert if he doesn't want to be attacked from behind or while taking a nap.  Neither of which are easy when you are deaf.

As you can see, though, they are still inseparable no matter what they do.  See how good he is getting?

We ordered a futon for the office and Taedon was in awe of how large the boxes were.  They also worked great as barricades to keep him in the kitchen while I cooked dinner.

"Mom, this thing is huge!  Oh and there is a hole in the box.  Were you aware of it?"

"Help!  Someone put a gate at the top of the stairs and I can't get downstairs."

Niko gets annoyed by the gate as well.  I try to always make sure he is on the same floor as us but sometimes he gets locked out.

He still isn't sure if he likes to swing or not.  He never enjoyed the swing we had as an infant so maybe they just aren't his thing.  He does love to put his stuffed animals in the swing and swing them.  He always hangs on too which makes me laugh.

So I think I have listed his vocab list so far but in case I haven't, he knows mama, dada, baba, nana, apple and will say pfff when he wants to eat a Gerber puff.  Here he is saying apple which is his also his favorite word.

We have finally found a group of moms that we like through meetup.com and have attended a few meetups.  Last week we made the cutest St. Patrick's day hand print craft.  I can't wait to display this for years to come.  He was proud of it as you can tell.

I got tired of toys being all over the house so I have consolidated them all to his playroom upstairs.  He uses all of them more now and the house stays cleaner which I like.  Eventually when a brother or sister comes along he will lose this room but for now, he can spread out.

I have let Taedon eat with us lately and he now insists on only eating things he can feed himself.  This means that baby food is almost phased out at our house already which is fine by me.  It is so expensive to buy and time consuming to make.  I got him a toddler spoon and fork and as you can see, he's still figuring it out.  He will use it but it seems that sometimes fingers and straight licking is easier/more fun.

And sometimes, some will make it on the inside...I think.