I'm sure you all know this, but I have a deep dislike of phones and phone conversations. Usually, in order to combat this, I hide it under the bed. But now I have a better solution: Cael! The little dude has a love of phones that has to be inherited from his father. If anyone is using a phone, he must be a part of the conversation. It's as if phones call out to him, "Slobber on me! I need some...

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Well, we've made a little progress with the video camera. He still insists on looking at the viewfinder, but the tunnel vision has faded a bit. Unfortunately, when he's looking at the viewfinder I can't be, so... chopped off face ftw! Cael shows off his anatomy knowledge and a repeat performance of the crowd pleasing fish impersonation: I was hoping to get some other animal noises on video,...

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Cow - "MMMMMM!" Cat - "Mmmmm." Doggie - "Guau, guau!" (Yes, that's Spanish for "Bow wow!" He is a bilingual baby, after all.) Pig - *scrunches up nose and sniffs* Sheep - "Mom!" I tried to get these on video, but when he sees the camera he attacks it like his mom attacks chocolate cake. We did, however, manage to capture a bit of his fish impression on film...

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The cow says, "Mo...

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Cael's two favorite things to say need no translation. Whenever he sees someone or talks to someone on the phone (before he presses his favorite button - the red one) he's ready with an enthusiastic "hi!". If something is dropped (or, more likely, thrown), or if Clio is outside and needs let back in he will let me know by saying, "uh oh!" - which is rapidly overtaking "hi" on the frequency of use...

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