Rye, 15m

Rye uses a lot of signs now: he's added tapping one index finger on his open mouth for "water," clapping his hands together for "help me" (which he used with Daddy to indicate he couldn't get the baby lock open), and he has picked up approximations for the signs for banana, raisins, grapes, He's pretty reliable with "more" and "eat," helicopter, "go out," and now "siren."

It's been tough finding a good online ASL dictionary for foods. If you know of one, please message us. This book and this book are helping, but neither are all that comprehensive.

He's making sounds with his vehicles: tsuh tsuh tsuh for the train, and small vrooming noises for cars, and bzzzzzzzz for the buzzy bee and the bee chant.

He likes to turn the lightswitches on and off, and he has figured out how to work the dial dimmer switch.

Sometimes, after he asks for a book, you can give it to him and he will open it up, point his finger to the text, and start talking some organized gibberish in a low tone as he moves his finger across.

He has at least four molars coming in, after two new ones at the end of last month. He's drooling a lot.

I'm sure there is plenty more to talk about, but the milestones come fast and furious. I'll update if I think of others.


Rocking out at home.

Lunch with Mommy at Islands.

Rye loves straws.

Finding his sea legs on the wobbly bridge with Daddy.

Creating Christmas gift artwork.