Language

Every day it seems that new words appear in Quinn's vocabulary that weren't previously there. The other night Quinn wanted to watch Elmo, but he also wanted to nurse, so we asked him which he wanted- Elmo or nursing and he replied, "Both". The other week he was walking about with his knees raised higher and he said that he was "marching". So, when we're in his room as opposed to the roomier downstairs, we will march about instead of running. He's all about his Melissa and Doug easal lately. He likes that I can sit on one side and color, while he's on the other side using his markers. He uses the verb "write" with great frequency and that makes me enormously happy. Right now we're in a bedtime routine with the books that are read. We need to read his "choo-choo books" and that's what he requests. He knows Mom's pillow and Dad's pillow. When we're in his room and he wants to nurse, I'll ask him for a pillow. Off he'll trot to our bedroom and come back with a pillow for me. The first time he did it, he must have yanked rather hard because it took most of what was on the bedside table with it, but he still came back happy as a clam with what was needed for nursing. Funny fellow. He's so great with his locations too. He knows when he wants to go "down there" or "up there" or "in there" or "on there". We've got the on/off relationship pretty well figured out too. He asks for his "bears" to be put on his feet (slippers) and knows his clothing words too. He truly takes me breath away with all he knows.