Almost 6 months at home!

Tomorrow we will have officially been back in the good 'ol US of A for six months with our Bear Cub! Time has flown by -- it has been an incredibly wonderful and busy six months at home - full of learning (on all of our parts!) and fun. BC has changed so much - it would be difficult to summarize it all. But I'll give it a try! Since we've been home, here are just some of the things he has learned to do!

• WALK!!! That happened when he was just about 14 months old.


• Say "Mama, Dada, Zzzz for Zoe, mo for more, ta-ta for water, moo, uff for Ruff, tur-tur for turtle, mmm-maa for football and soccer ball, maa for ball, and he can say the letter sounds for 'a,' 't,' 'm', and 's'


• He can identify a huge amount of objects, pictures, photos, you name it! He may not be able to verbalize it all yet, but boy, he can point it out!


• Drink from a cup


• Feed himself with a fork - well, parttime and sort of - but he's getting there!


• Give hugs and kisses


• Pet Zoe gently


• Wave hi and bye


• Blow kisses


• Do patty-cake motions and The Itsy-Bitsy Spider motions -- too cute!


• RUN! THROW BALLS!


• He can put together puzzles and build block towers (although he crashes them down pretty quickly these days)


• Throw little fits when he doesn't get his way -- my Bear Cub can actually be a real Bear at times -- look out...the 2s are coming fast!

He learns something new each and every day - so much that it is hard to keep track of. All I can say is that he continues to amaze me and my heart just bursts with love and pride at all times. I can't wait to see what he'll do next -- just imagine where he'll be in 6 more months! Enjoy the photos -- some are from when we first arrived home with him in August and the others are from yesterday -- just a little fun on the porch! Have a great weekend!

We had about a month of back-breaking walking (for us!) around the house! But once he got the hang of it, he learned fast!

He was fast on his hands and knees. Look out Zoe!

He looks like such a little guy here!

Yesterday...giving Zoe some love.

And then...giving himself some love! He loves to kiss himself in any reflection.

Great self-esteem...or big ego? :)