It's a wrap.

As summer winds down we have been even more amazed at the progress Jonas has made not only letting us know what's going on in his sweet head, but actually verbalizing it to us. He has repeated several words back to us like 'tetch' (stretch), 'fich' (fix), 'duck', 'quack', 'moo', something like E-I-E-I-O (Old MacDonald's farm song). When hungry he now gestures to his mouth - sign language we have been trying to learn and teach each other. Oh yeah, we also discovered a way to get veggies in him - conceal small pieces of lettuce, peppers, peas, corn or carrots in a flat bread wrap with a bit of chicken or ground beef and voila! He has also learned to hold it with both hands and chomp down on it like a man. Jonas still prefers to crawl - often as fast as we can walk. We know one day he will run from us so we will cherish this time for now. We have made bath time one of "Dad's" things - something Jonas and I both enjoy.