Comprehension!

In the past couple of months Finn has started responding to so much of the things we say.  It's so fun to see evidence of comprehension!

When we say...
outside - he runs for the door
Go for a walk - the door
inside - he heads for the porch
lunch time - he goes to the kitchen or his high chair
bath time - he goes and bangs on the gate at the stairs so that we can take him up to his bath.
shoes - he looks down at his feet
nap time - he heads for the gate
music - he goes over to and stares longlingly at the CD player


Whenever he gets his hands on a remote control, he holds it high over his head and looks at the TV.  Sometimes he even points it at the TV.

Whenever he rubs his eyes in the morning he instantly starts saying "Bebe" (his new word for his wubanub) and heads for the gate, because he's apparently learned that eye rubbing is one of my ques for sending him to bed (where his wubanub resides).

When I go to get him up from a nap, he always has the wubanub in his grip, so I say, "You have to put down the wubanub if you want to get up."  To this he responds immediately by either placing the wubanub down in his bed, or by pretending to do so (but then keeping it).

Usually when we're going to go for a walk outside as a family (which we do at some point most days) Finn is the first one to the door.  Sometimes one of us is a little slow in getting there.  When this happens, Finn tries to speed things along for the slow family member by finding their shoes by the door and carrying them part way to the person (though not all the way, because he can't stand to get too far from the door).

Finn's slowly starting to understand that we pray before we eat, and that no amount of protest will cause us to do otherwise.  This is a work in progress.  

Finn's also learning to dance!  Often when we have music playing, he will bust out a few moves with a huge smile on his face while watching us expectantly (his joy for dancing can be contagious).  

Other words Finn understands: ball, snack, bottle, O's, water, books, diaper, no no, Curious George, socks, Daddy, Mama, all done, banana.


Below are some pictures of our recent family trip to railroad park.

(Above) Finn grabbed these guys' basketball and tried to walk off with it.

Finn would have gone up and down this staircase 20 times if he could have.

 Finn met a very nice dog named Finley

Right before he walked into the purple bar getting knocked in the face.