Stirling Updates

Stirling is growing up so fast. He seems more like a little boy than a baby a lot of days. He can say some words now including:
-ball (ba)
-book (buh)
-bear (beh)
-mama
-dada
-computer (ba-puh)
-bubbles (bu-buh)

Ok, so computer is stretching it a bit! He also knows some of the parts of his body including nose, toes, belly button, and tummy, and possibly mouth. He usually likes to identify our noses, toes, etc, rather than find his own though. Stirling likes to stack objects and put things in containers and take them out again.
Stirling loves to play peek-a-boo by going into another room and then coming back to grin while we act surprised. He has learned to run (kind of!) and has so many bruises from falling while doing so, that I fear someone will think the wrong idea. In fact he ran so fast away from me that I couldn't catch him before he fell down the stairs. He bounced, I screamed, he cried, then I cried... it was very traumatic for, well, me! He recovered very quickly. I went out and bought a second safety gate for the top of the stairs that afternoon!
I am really liking being able to stay home with Stirling this summer. I only wish RJ could have more days off to be with us. Stirling is very happy and hyperactive when both of us are around. He sure likes his daddy! He even follows RJ to the bottom of the stairs and looks up waiting for RJ to come back down.