Geoffrey is getting more and more purposeful in his play. He is getting very good at shape sorters. He can drop balls into the rainspout on his home over and over again. He can stack two blocks easily, and often times, three blocks.
He loves squeezing the paws on Scout to make him talk and sing. (In fact, the other day he saw a teddy bear at his gymnastics class, and went straight to squeeze the paw to see if it would make noise!)
He also loves Scout's songs. "Geoffrey, let's sing a song about you! G clap clap clap E clap clap clap etc." Geoffrey will start to clap along. That song has saved us through MANY fussy periods! (He also claps when you sing "If you're happy and you know it." ) Scout also says "Make a silly sound - oogaly boogaly" and this makes Geoffrey giggle every time!
Another thing that makes Geoffrey laugh is when I say, "give me five - up high - down low - too slow!" and I tickle him on the too slow part. He anticipates it, and hesitates to give me the last 5 because he knows what is coming!
Geoffrey is starting to communicate more. He started signing "more," but seems to get it mixed up with nursing because he uses it to tell me he wants milk, too. He can sign "milk" as well, but seems to be using "more" instead. He has signed "eat" a few times as well. He's signed "all done" once or twice, but this is one of the things he can say "all duh!" He can also say "up, up" when he wants to be picked up. When he opens and closes the window on his house, he says "up," too. He is GREAT at shaking his head no.
Geoffrey is a very proficient walker now. Honing his skills on a moving ship really helped his balance! He is also quite pleased with himself when he walks long distances!
Such an amazing few months!
