Caelan Today

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Dabbed my mouth with my napkin for me at lunch, mimicking me. (Those halibut tacos were messy!)

Sat up on his own in his car seat when I unhooked his harness.

From sitting in my lap, pulled himself up to a standing position by holding onto my thumbs. He stood for nearly five seconds before his legs gave out and I guided him back to my lap. (This is different from his usual standing/walking attempts, which involve me supporting him under his arms.)

Was highly engaged and enraptured by the camp wrap-up with all the kids in a circle. The three howls at the end excited him beyond words. And speaking of ...

Lately, he's been talking and mimicking sounds less, though he still coos a lot, uses "apple" to ask for his toy apple, says "mama" when distressed and wanting me to fix it, and occasionally still says "hello" or "loveyou" for greetings, just not with me anymore.

I'm not sure if he's just bored with word mimicry or if it's something else, although he has tried to say a couple of things lately I can't discern well enough to help show him how to say properly (those linguistic anthro classes being put to good use). He did start VERY early (a clear "hello" at five weeks), which even beat Ana's three month old self, so he might just be accommodating more development. And he did try to say "alligator" the other day when wanting to play with Craig's puppet ("ah-lee" + mouth movements). Maybe I should stop worrying about this, and just enjoy his ability to communicate with us, despite our failure to learn his language.

He'll be three months this Wednesday. So hard to believe.