Some Milestones

I just want to share with our fair readers some of Josh's milestones sans pictures. He is growing and learning SO MUCH these days.

He's perfected the "Josh crawl" now. It's more like dragging himself along, but he is very efficient at it and pretty much crawls all over the place. And he loves to grab everything. He's even figured out how to eject the DVD player...

I have been doing ASL (American Sign Language) with him since he was around 5.5 months. I don't think he fully understands the meaning of the signs yet, but he will definitely imitate me. He's done "more", "finished" and tried to do "cheese" the other day. And of course, he knows how to wave "bye". I think it's just a matter of time before he will actually sign back to us and start communicating with us.

Speech-wise, he makes a lot of sounds, but I don't believe they are associated with anything yet. He has said "up" once though, while Tim was pulling him up.

He is also starting to grasp the concept of sharing. He knows how to play/toss a ball around. He will also hand us toys now, whereas before, he just kept everything to himself.

Tonight, he learned how to high five! Tim would stick out his hand, and Josh would slap it. :) He can also initiate a game of peek-a-boo. When we give him a blanket/clothing etc, he'll hold it up to his face, then lower it, then hold it up to his face again!

This is definitely a very fun age.

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