Nov 2nd, 2005
He walks!
Colin took his first steps a few days ago. He walked from Chuck to me (about 6 steps), then I turned him around and he walked back to Chuck. It was very exciting and we managed to capture it on video tape. He still hasn’t really ventured out on his own without our prodding though, I think he prefers to crawl right now.
He is also getting good at his sign language, he can ask for more, say he is hungry and “all done.” Plus Chuck taught him that trucks and cars make sounds when they drive, so now everything is “driven” around with a “vroom” sound - but really it is more like humming. He really does pick up on everything you say. I am constantly surprised that he understands me. For some reason I still think of Colin as a dog or something. Like I have to say things 5 times, very slowly and really loud. So when in causal conversation I tell Chuck that something is hot, Colin repeats hot right after me. Or Chuck says once “Can you splash the water?” Colin just does it, without having to be shown how or have it repeated.
I volunteered Colin for a study at U of M - simple study about how babies understand the human emotion of being surprised. He made $10 for about 15 minutes of playing. During the test, they researchers are playing with him asking him to imitate actions and it is being taped. Right in the middle of it one of them asked him if he liked the car and he burps super loud then hands the car over - it was so funny.