10 days to 18 months

Santiago will turn 18 months on the 19th of this month. He has changed sooo much in a year and a half. I get a kick out of the cool things he does and discovers each day. Here is a photo of him with his chum Alex and his sister Eva. We were at one of Austin's great public pools, Big Stacy Pool. Santiago got in the water for a short time, but his favorite pool activity is playing ball. Well, that's his favorite activity in any situation right now.

Today at music class he really started to participate in the activities and was engaged for about half the class. During the peekaboo song he raised his scarf over his head and pulled it down with a big "boo!" He even swayed around with his scarf with everyone else during the dancing song. After he lost interest, he preferred to wonder around and survey his surrounds. When the open jam started, Santiago rejoined us with a characteristic and loud "Wow!" True to his ball loving, he found as shaker that was somewhat round and what thrilled to find he could roll it like a ball.