New Hobbies

Yesterday Patrick found his voice. He has been laughing and making some "ga" sounds for a few weeks, but yesterday he discovered his voice can be used for much more than that. Now he spends a lot of time smiling and chattering at me and his daddy. He squeals, coos, and "ga"s in response to almost everything we say. He is so charming! Too bad we didn't think to pack the video camera on our trip. We'll have to get some clips of him "talking" when we get home next week. I might even be able to post them on the blog if I can figure out how.

So far our vacation has been pretty quiet. Patrick and I have mostly just hung out in the nice hotel room, but we're planning some shopping trips for later in the week. What fun we get to have while Matt sits learning all day! Patrick is adjusting to the hotel routine well. He did wake up in the middle of the night last night, but he went back to sleep easily. It helps that he's in a familiar bed (we brought his playard that he slept in until just a couple of weeks ago). All in all, it's been an enjoyable and lazy vacation so far.