Like a Magic 8 Ball

Sometimes Quinn will sometimes shake and shake his head, furiously from side to side, laughing the whole time. Sometimes, when he is trying to express himself, but doesn't have the words to use, he'll shake his head back and forth, like he's trying to jog his memory. He also has a wonderful habit of saying "Umm" prior to a new statement that he really considering:) Everything about his speech lately is exciting and evolving. The sentences his lengthening, just like his vocabulary keeps growing. It is such fun to conversate with him! Of course, he also has developed a really fantastic ability to ignore things we say, even if we're speaking right next to him, at his level. Right now, he wants me to run with him. He races- faster and faster- around the house. We also have started pushing carts around the house, shopping for groceries. We spend a large amount of time placing make believe cookies in our cart. The colanders are still the funniest hat he attempts to wear, but that doesn't mean he won't place an empty paper towel roll or other obscure items on his head and call them hats. We now own a tennis racket and balls and we broke down and purchased his first football t-shirt since Nana and he watched the football movie with The Rock this past weekend. Nana is convinced he needs to make it through all the classic disney movies before 2011 and the big trip; I think we could all live without Cinderella in our life:) 'Course, maybe I'm a jaded gen-x feminist gal:)