16 Months and Counting

Today Stellan is 16 months old. It's amazing to think about how much he's changed and grown, even in the couple of months we've been in Florida. He's got so many news skills I'm considering sending him out into the workforce to help earn back some of what we've spent on diapers, applesauce and cottage cheese. Here's his resumé:

Objective:
Realize the full potential of entropy in the workplace

Technical Skills/Proficiencies:

• Climbing anything
• Eating with a spoon
• Flinging food with a spoon
• Waving hello
• Slipping at least one arm out of a snugly fit car seat harness

Experience:

• July '07 to Oct '07: just laying there a lot
• Oct '07 to Jan '08: rolling over
• Feb '08 to May '08: crawling
• May '08 to present: walking, climbing, running and tripping/falling frequently
  

Education:
July '07 to August '08: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Musical Instrument Profiencies:

• Acoustic Guitar
• Bass Guitar
• Piano
• Recorder
• Drums
• Harmonica
• Melodica
• Milk Carton Filled With Pinto Beans
• Lead Vocals

Animal Noises:

• Woof
• Moo
• Meow
• Bahk Bahk (chicken sound)

Computer Proficiencies:

• Power On/Off
• Log On/Off
• Mouse
• Webcam
• Untold Number of Keyboard Shortcuts

Facial Expressions:

• Happy
• Sad
• Tantrum/Fake Sad
• Furious
• Fish Face
• Stink Face

Language Proficiencies:

• English - comprehension (occasionally selective)
• Spanish/Creole - will pretend to understand
• Baby Sign - some proficiency (he knows "milk" and "more;" what else could he really need to communicate?)
• Point and Whine - fluent

References available upon request.