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Wow. A Louis Activity Update.

Louis is really blowing our minds right now. Here are a few moments I will do my best to recall when he is 13 and I'm feeling like he never pays attention or listens to a thing we say. Yesterday he grabbed a plastic outlet cover (you know, the childproofing ones that make it so you cant stick anything into a socket), and walked directly over to the 1 outlet that needed it, and tried to stick it in. Whoa. Then as if that wasn't impressive enough, he grabbed the alan wrench (which he has only seen once) and walked over to the clothing rack that we assembled with it, and started banging on it. Amazing. Last night I let him hold the nail clipper in the hopes it would coerce him into sitting still so I could trim his nails. My tactic didn't work, but within 2 minutes he had figured out how to twist the part around so that it could be open to clip some nails. Dangerous, but also impressive. Another activity he's been really into lately is running around in circles to make himself dizzy. I have no idea where he learned that since neither myself or Andy are doing this at home, but he seems to get a real kick out of it. Especially when you start stripping him down for bathtime and his onesie comes off and he can see his belly. He will squeal and start beating on his belly and run around laughing like a banshee. I wish I could muster up that kind of unbridled joy for my own belly. Good job Louis, keep it up!

Football Watchers

Louis gets his snack on the couch on Sundays during Redskins games.
He also points at everything.