Not the last

This won't be the last snow. But it was mostly gone by the end of the day.
This morning:

See? Not so bad.
Lots of work done today, and to that end, we let Ian play with that which entertains. It entertains me too (when I have time to play with it).

He's very talented at grasping the ball with is teeth and pulling with both hands to undo a whole ball in no time. This strong cotton is up to the task. Poops are better today. We've determined that he needs more water. Easy enough to do. We say goodbye to the high chair tomorrow, and have the intermediate chair prepped. We found a nice Fisher Price Space Saver High Chair (used, at the thrift store. Love that place.) to do the job nicely in the month or two we anticipate it'll take to get our new high chair from Graco. At that point, the space saver chair can go to Uncle Jay's house to be brought out when we're there. That'll make fun time at Jay's a lot simpler!

BTW, I think Ian is really close to taking a first step. He can stand using something only 8" tall, and then lets go. He stands for inordinate amounts of time, unsupported. He's reaching from one place to another, even if they're not "connected." Here he is just randomly toying with standing up.



And his signs are progressing, but it's frustrating for all. Poor guy uses the same sign for everything, and is fully intent on communicating. At least that's a good step, though. Today, he told me that he needed to go back on the potty right as I was putting his diaper back on. "Uh Uh UH!" then he does his sign. Mostly today, he used it for potty!