Everything is so good right now I haven't even bothered to write about it. Uly is all about talking. He'll readily repeat any new word you ask him to try out, and although most of the time it isn't remotely correct he at least gets the syllables down and 100 points for actually trying. I love it!

Also new this past month or so--and I was VERY hesitant to discuss in case of jinxes--is that Uly is now following a respectable sleep schedule, more or less. He will now sleep almost 5 hours before waking up the first time, and now averages only two wake-ups a night. It's heavenly. I feel like a changed woman, and Uly seems to be in much better spirits too.

I'm really loving this age. He's so full of intent and sincerity. The other day I was trying to make dinner and he was growing increasingly agitated with the wait. He was hungry and waving a box of pasta at me trying to get me to open it so he could eat it. I explained that it was raw and needed to be cooked in the oven first. He just gave me this look like "well what the hell are you waiting for?" and then marched over to the oven (which was off), opened the door and shoved the box in. Priceless.

Summer is here, the lightening bugs are out and we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves these days. I havn't been taking pictures much because we're back to the stage where if Uly even hears the camera turn on he's after it. Most of the pictures I've been getting lately are coming off other people's cameras and I will be posting some soon.