Four Month Update

Hello world!

I have been remiss in updating my blog since I burst onto the scene on April 19, but as it turns out, learning to people is harder than I had been lead to believe. Take, for example, hands. I initially thought they were just totally delicious wiggly things attached to the end of the arms. But no! They can also be used to GRAB THINGS. And then THROW THEM. And then FLAIL THEM UNTIL SOMEONE PUTS SOMETHING IN THEM AGAIN. Each day brings a new and exciting revelation, which leaves me little time to record my memories.

My favourite discovery right now is that I can scream like a pterodactyl (I don’t know what a pterodactyl is, but I can only imagine, since my parents have dubbed me one, that it is a majestic and handsome animal with a melodic and soothing call). Screeching is the best. Sometimes I screech with joy, sometimes with frustration, and sometimes just because I exist (I EXIST WORLD, SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!)

And there are many other things I enjoy doing, in addition to pterodactyling!

• Drooling
• Putting people’s hands in my mouth and drooling on them
• Blowing spit bubbles
• Boogie-ing down with mommy
• Shaking my booty while daddy helps me stand
• MORE SCREECHING!
• Hamming it up for the camera
• This:

I am also an avid book slapper. My favourite book to slap is “That’s Not My Unicorn” but I will not turn down the chance to slap any book provided to me. (But who doesn’t love a good, slappable book?)

My plans for the future are many and varied, but some of the highlights include:

• Learning to roll
• Realizing that I have rolled onto my tummy and screeching until someone puts me back on my back because being on my tummy is THE ABSOLUTE WORST
• Sitting up on my own
• Slapping more books
• A return trip to the zoo where I will sleep through different animals this time
• Getting my parents to finally understand my complex and nuanced language (otherwise I may have to give up on them and start speaking English — they’re such smart cookies though, I want to give them a fair chance)
• EVEN MORE SCREECHING

I’ll also try to keep my blog better updated in the future, but with so many hand-related epiphanies and screeching to do, it’s a challenge. In the meantime, thanks for checking in on me, Henry, the world’s screechiest baby!