Aniol Update

Click here to see our studio portraits from Portrait Innovations. We got some family pictures and some of just Caleb for his one year pictures.

This morning I discovered that Caleb does indeed understand what we are saying–a discovery both exciting and a little scary. I have had a suspicion of this for some time (we knew he understood the word “no” at least), but an incident with the Legos this morning confirmed my suspicions.

Caleb was playing quietly on the floor with his new Lego Duplo set when he accidentally tipped the box over and Legos came crashing loudly to the floor. This, of course, scared the poor little guy, and he burst out crying. I picked him up, and, comforting him amidst his sobs, I looked at the box of Legos which had scared him, frowned, and said, “Naughty Legos.” His crying immediately turned to hysterical laughter as he heard me reprimand a box of Legos. He looked at me with huge grins and giggles, then at the Legos, and then back at me, laughing all the while as if to say, “Naughty Legos, Mommy? Only you would think of that.”

Now if only I could understand what he is saying…