The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man: September 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

mini update

now that sayan is fully fully mobile he is happy as a clam, loving his independence. his favorite activities these days include:

"DA" who is now in his vocabulary and something of a celebrity these days. anytime sayan hears jai's voice he drops what he is doing and runs over to him or the phone saying "da! da! da!" it's so sweet.

"OUT" is also a new word and is used all the time to go outside. he will stand by the door and demand "out!" he also discovered how to open the screen door and let himself onto the porch without my knowledge one day. thank goodness the gates were up on the porch steps! sayan loves anything outside but especially rock collecting/ throwing and "gardening"-- watering, picking and smelling flowers.

BOOKS both by himself and with anyone he can get to read to him. he will spend forever flipping through the pages and studying a book or if with someone he likes to point to something and have us identify it or have us ask him "where is the..." and he shows us.

it's amazing how much he understands even if he can't always communicate back, though he is very good at that too. we are still loving every second of our time with him. it's so much fun!!!

nextdoor neighbors

while in jackson we got up close and personal with the local fauna. we came home one day to find a huge herd of elk-- at least 50-- in the "backyard" (my parent's house juts up against a wildlife preserve). there was a big buck with his harem and then two other adolescent bucks. unfortunately i couldn't find my camera for that but then a few hours later we came upstairs after program and there was this mommy moose with her two babies eating dinner in the neighbor's yard. so cool!