Talking

This past week Ian has learned to "talk". He spends long periods of time chatting to us about all sorts of things. Just lots of noise but you can tell he sure likes the sound of his own voice and it's the beginnings of his attempts at speach. It's a lot of fun to watch and listen to. He also likes to open his mouth wide and stick out his tongue in the process - I don't know where he would have got that from :-) This week he has also gotten to be much more self sufficient. Not that he is changing his own diapers or anything, but he likes to just hang out on a blanket and play with his toys for extended periods of time and doesn't get bored or fussy. Someone gave us a dragonfly toy at a shower that he just loves. He's a great kid and I'm so grateful for that. School and parenting is hard and I don't know if I could have handled a colicky son.

We got hit with an ice storm on Sunday night and today the sun came out and it was just beautiful. Ian and I were up for the dawn and with every moment the sun would light up more ice. It was like the whole world was made of crystal. Whoever is in charge sure does this weather thing just right some days. The photo was taken off of our balcony this morning with the sun just lighting up the backs of the trees. We got lucky that we live in a big apartment complex but you would never know it because we look out onto a wetlands. Nice, huh?