We've had another great month with our little guy! With the onset of summer, we're spending a lot more time outside. This past weekend Hunter got to go swimming for the first time and seemed to have fun. That was no surprise given the way he splashes around in the bathtub.
Hunter is also continuing his progress towards walking. He's now using his walking/push toys unassisted and especially likes to walk around holding onto mom and dad's fingers (which is killing our backs). We feel he is getting closer to walking independently, but there are still many times he resembles a drunken sailor.
Hunter still has an insatiable appetite. In addition to eating a mixture of pureed foods at meal time, he is consistently eating small pieces of food directly from mom and dad's plates, as well. In fact, he seems to survey the food we are eating before he starts in on his meals to ensure that he is getting some of the same. If his food does not match ours, he will refuse to eat anything or sometimes grunt at our plates until we share! Sharing is something else that he picked up...if he has a piece of food or a toy in his hand and we ask him to "share" he will extend it toward us and he will even occasionally let it go once we have ahold of it. Though most times he pulls it back in a typical fake out move! One thing is for sure, he has become quite the pro at picking up pieces of food and feeding himself over these last several months. We are just starting to let him explore feeding himself with a spoon (which has had less reliable results).
Hunter has been sharing lots of love and kisses with everyone now, even leaning in to plant kisses on his favorite characters and animals in his books! It is also very evident that he understands a lot of what we say now. Dad thinks he can reliably pick out toys and colors based on what his descriptions, but this has yet to be demonstrated in front of any witnesses.
Hunter is becoming quite the ham! He enjoys clapping for himself when he does something he is proud of and also putting his hands above his head when we ask how big he is before declaring that he is "SO BIG"!
We are looking forward to next month, which should bring about lots of summer heat and humidity, and certainly more changes and surprises from Hunter.
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