Every child reaches a point in his life when he becomes extremely concerned when mommy leaves him somewhere. This is called separation anxiety. But I think the name is more for the parents than for the kid. Lately, when I drop LB off at day care, he starts to cry, and hard, an unusual thing for him to do. It stresses me somewhat, but I know it's just a phase and he's never still crying when I go to pick him up. :) On Wed. I asked Alicia if what he's doing is normal and if how much/hard he's crying is also normal and she assured me that it is. That helps a bit, but it's still tough. I hope he gets over it soon.

LB's vocabulary seems to be growing almost daily. His newest word is "go" which makes sense as another of his recent additions was "no."

He's also picked up how to sign "please," although it mostly looks like he's wiping his hands on his bib. The sign for please is moving your flat hand in a circle on your chest. He does both hands and mostly upside down, but he's definitely gotten it. His other recent sign is help, which is supposed to be a thumbs up hand sitting on top of a flat, palm up hand. He started with his hand at the elbow instead of beneath his hand, but it seems to be slowly moving down his forearm towards the hand. It's exciting to see him learn to sign. He's also adding words when he signs some. Now sometimes when he signs "more" he also says it. That's a good thing.

He's still overall a happy kid. I had some people over at the house for lunch today and LB was definitely tired, at one point. So I took him up and put him into bed for his nap. After I came back downstairs, one of the people there commented about how LB still had a sunny disposition even when he was tired. And I couldn't help but think, "that's my boy."

Here are some of this month's pictures.