Our colorful world

We have realized that at some point in the last few weeks, Charlie has finally gotten his colors straight. Either he was faking ignorance before (purposely telling us the wrong answer when we asked him what color something was, or pretending not to know what to do when we asked him to point to an object of a particular color), or it just finally clicked. He is now freely, and sometimes voluntarily, pointing out what color things are, and getting them all correct. This makes life much easier, when you want to tell him to "bring me the yellow outfit for Liam" or "pick up that red block and put it away in the blue bin."

Liam has also reached a milestone of sorts-- he laughed for me for the first time about a week ago. He has not done it much since, but he smiles a great deal when he sees or hears someone he recognizes, even big brother Charlie. He continues to grow as well, although he has slowed down his eating a bit. We're transitioning to size 2 diapers this week, and only about half of the 3 month size clothes still fit him. I'm struggling with what exactly to pack to take with us to Florida. It will be nice once I can see what the weather is forecast to be that week. If it's going to be too warm, I may need to go buy some new shorts for Charlie!

Liam continues to impress us with how quickly he is getting to holding his head up for significant periods of time, and he's starting to want to push off a lot with his legs, like he's trying to get somewhere fast. He really likes the portable travel swing I got for him at the resale shop, and the carseat is still the easiest place for us to get him to sleep. He often sleeps in it next to his crib for at least half the night.

In other news, John is terribly busy at work, and struggles to keep up. I've been trying to do my best to relieve any burdens I can at home, but it means I am not accomplishing some of the projects I had hoped to complete while I was off work. Nothing critical-- just things I had wanted to catch up on, like editing videos I've taken of the kids this past year, filling out their baby books, and reorganizing the basement. Entertaining Lucy has now taken on a bass player, so practices (and the gear in the basement) continue to grow.

I'll try to post some photos on Flickr next week when Liam turns 3 months old. But I may not get a chance to post here again before our trip.