Hi Everyone! It is March already! My how time flies! My little baby brother was born last month. His name is Logan David Talan. He was 7 pounds and 20 inches long. He was born at GWU Hospital on the first night of the Winter Olympics at 12:14 PM. I will post pictures of him soon!
My Granny Huesca was in town for 2 weeks during Logan's birth and the first week of Mommy's Recovery. Grandmother Talan has arrived and will be here for 2 weeks as well. She enjoys taking me out for stroller walks in our neighborhood and to our local bookstore.
During the time Mommy was in the hospital, I was able to spend a lot of one on one time with Granny Huesca who read books to me and let me watch as much Elmo and Olivia as I wanted. I wasn't a really big DVD or TV watcher until Granny came out. She really enjoys her TV and I enjoyed it as well. I was also able to spend a lot of one on one time with my Daddy. He taught me how to draw straighter lines on my easel and on my sketch book. He is also teaching me the alphabet (on my play mat) and also my numbers.
My favorite book right now is Goodnight Moon. Mommy's friends from college threw her a baby book shower right before I was born and I received four Goodnight Moon books--one of them included a sing-along CD. I insist on listening to it at least twice a day, once in the afternoon and once before going to bed. I can point at every item on the pages and tell you what they are. For instance, there's a chair, three bears, a picture of a cow jumping over the moon. You get the picture. It's so much fun!
I am still babbling more than I'm talking. I can say a lot of individual words though like "cow", "cat", "towel", "eight", "hair", "girl", "baby", "trees", "teeth", "ball", "light", "moo", "cup", "hot", "cold", "chair", "high-chair", "ice", "bye-bye" and "hi". I really like to say the sound "ba". I use it to describe: banana, bottle, bacon, bite, bib and what a lamb or sheep says. I also like to do the sound "Meow"--although it comes out more like "Owmmmm". Isn't that what the cat says?
I am picking up a ton of speed and can run as fast as the next toddler. In fact, one of my favorite past times is playing tag at the bookstore with the other kids. I am learning though that not all kids like to play tag and so I have to learn to be nice and not hit or "tag" them on the shoulder, head, leg or face.
I have decided to be right hand dominant. I still eat with my left hand occasionally, but I do absolutely everything else with my right hand. I am learning my colors, the alphabet and my numbers pretty well. My dad has been spending a lot of time practicing with me while Mommy feeds my little brother and changes his diaper.
