Adam was standing close to the edge of the stairs and was looking up at the ceiling instead of being aware that he would topple over the edge if we took half a step forward. We say to him, “Adam, look at your feet!” He stops, sits down, lifts his foot up and takes a good look at it. Toddlers, so literal.

Addy has been saying lots of new words and string two and sometimes three words together. Favourites are “Gracie’s bottle” and “monkey bars.”