I can't even describe how busy we've been over the past month. Ben has moved beyond the complacent, play independently and sleep early stage into the needing attention every waking hour or else I have a meltdown stage.
He is absolutely loving first word books. So far, he recognizes and says ball, dog, tree, kitty, and onion. I think onion is the funniest. We don't even eat onions all that much, but I think he likes the way the word sounds. When he says it, it's more like "nun-nun," and it always cracks me up.