Luke started signing bath to me the other night. I mean seriously I have not done that sign in probably 6 months and only really did it a few times. I have no idea how he remembered it but he did and now he does it all the time. I got him out of his high chair after he was done with dinner and he started doing it and running down the hall. Unfortunately Jason and I were not done with dinner and that did not make Luke happy! Finally when we were done I said ok ready for your bath and he starts doing the sign for bath and heading towards the bathroom. It is so cute! Then we got out the sign language book since we know he can do them and pick them up pretty quickly so I did the sign for brush teeth and the kid got so excited he started signing it and ran to the bathroom. He gets very giddy when he knows he gets to brush his teeth (I really hope that lasts but I'm sure it will become a chore to get him to brush someday). He lets me use the finger brush for about 30 seconds and then I let him go to town with his Elmo toothbrush. Its not so fun after about 5 minutes and you need him to go to bed. Once you take away the toothbrush you need to be prepared for a huge tantrum!

Luke has also started picking his nose. Its cute for about 2 seconds then its just gross! He is also starting to talk a tiny bit more. The sitter told me he said thank you to her the yesterday. I know he has repeated me when I tell him to say thank you several times but he said it all on his own this time! He was repeating Jason last night and Jason kept saying I love you over and over and Luke would say it back. He has also somehow picked up how to cover your mouth if you cough. So funny I watched him do it several times one day. He is like a sponge and its a little scary! We are participating in some training for a speech therapist from Kaiser. We go on Friday and while they are working with Luke they are going to be talking to me about how I can help him learn at home. No Luke does not have a problem with speech or learning that we know of but its just something fun we got invited to do and sounds really neat so we are taking part. Can't wait to do it! They did ask me all the things he does so if there was anything he was behind in we could work on it. The one thing that concerns me is that he does not point. His pediatrician asked us at the 12 month visit if he is pointing to things and I said no and he kind of gave a weird look and said well I guess since he walks and otherwise acts pretty normal its fine. Well when she asked me if he pointed I said no and she said oh perfect we will work on that. Pointing would make like a little easier because he will want something out of the toy box and if it is stuck (because the toy box is a wreck and there are way too many toys in there) he just stands there screaming so you are literally pulling every thing out until he gets what he wants. Hopefully he can learn by the time we go to the pediatrician on September 3!