Learning Lots

He still hasn´t cut those top teeth, but a week and a half in, he´s learning lots of new stuff. Thanks to a musical book from Shannon Kelly, he´s beginning to absorb the concept that we in the science center business live by: Push a button / Make something happen. We´re regularly serenaded by whiny electronic versions of ¨Twinkle Twinkle Little Star¨ and Ïf You´re Happy and You Know It¨.

He´s also learning to stand and hold himself up really well, even though forward crawling is still a challenge. He responds, when he´s lying on his back, to ¨grab my hands!¨or ¨¡Coges las manos!¨ by grabbing my fingers, then scruches up his face and strains to hold on while I lift him upright (picture three). This morning for a picture he said ¨Look Ma: one hand¨ (pic 4) he can even stay unassisted for a couple of seconds. When he´s on his back and frustrated, wanting to be lifted up, he bends his arms into a pull-up position, clenches his fists, and grunts like he´s being pulled up until Dad gets the message.
Matt´s college friend Todd is married to a Guatemalteca, who´s really excited about the adoption and has family living in Guatemala City. Tonight her cousin Christian is coming by to bring us to his house for a visit. We´re looking forward to making new friends.
Tomorow it´s off to Antigua.

If anyone has an overseas phone plan that´s affordable, you can feel free to try our new cell phone:

011-502-5356-1285 We´ve been able to call the US (cheap), though evenings the lines are frequently busy. So far a couple attempts to reach us have yielded busy tones, but that may be clogged lines too.....

-Matt