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It’s hard to keep writing this when I have the weight of an ocean of depression crushing me down into darkness. Swim upwards and smile. It’s not ok, but keep other people from sinking into black alongside you. Push them upwards. “Are you ok?” “yeah! Of course! Why do you ask?” You look tired. You…

Leo’s been pretty damn funny recently. He talks a lot, but his grammar is a pile of hot ass, so you really have to know what he’s talking about. He’ll get all excited over something and you need to remember what he did. “Daddy… Leo up, different clocks!” “yeah Bud, we went and looked at…

Little Dude takes enjoyment from identifying things in his environment. He’s (happy? proud?) to point out spices, flickering lights, hot things, cold things, different colors, different articles of clothing, and so on. He’s developed a fear, probably thanks to Yuki. He’s afraid of sheep. It’s a bit sad, because he used to identify sheep. Now,…

Japanese summers are shit. It’s a sad reality that this country – which touts having 4 distinct seasons – has 2 good season, one below average season, and one absolute shit season. Imagine some place like Hawaii, which arguably has one season. However, that’s a GOOD season. People from around the world visit to experience…

Quite honestly, I am amazed at what is going on in Leo’s head. I think he had proven that his comprehension surpasses his speaking ability today. He adds words to his vocabulary rather slowly, but does a pretty good job at retaining what he knows. As he uses them more and more, they can get…

Leo likes words. Whether or not he is capable of retaining them in such a way that allows him to use them on command is questionable. His vocabulary hasn’t really expanded much, but maaaaybe he is saying a few new ones on occasion. Our new goal is to get him to say the following: Down…

This little dude won’t stop when it comes to hats. He has to look at them, touch them, and place them on our heads. He still hate-hate-hate-HATES to have a hat on his own head, and immediately throws it to the floor. He managed to say “outside” in his own busted words today, which means…

Leo’s new favorite thing appears to be hats. He loves going “up”, but he’s infatuated with hats. We have a few of my hats hanging in the computer room, and he constantly points to the room and whispers “Hat. Hat. Haat. Haaat.” When we go to the hats, he gets a little more lively and…

See the title of this post? It’s “First Steps, First Words”! That heavily implies that this post is about Leo’s first words and his first steps….which it is! So, let’s recap; Leo has been making sounds, which may or may not have meaning. They are taking on a more concrete feel to them, even though…

Oh hey there! Long time no write! Leo has been keeping us busy with his ability to grab and destroy anything that we thought was safe. He has honed this skill to such a degree that he is capable of grabbing any electronic and changing all of the settings within seconds. My e-reader’s font goes…