Lucas Camilo

Nonna and Papa (aka Lucas’s grandparents/Burke’s parents) were in town this past weekend for a short visit, and Lucas loved every minute of it.  He took advantage of their time here to take them for a long walk in the park on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.  He got in multiple tub baths, and lots of cuddling, singing, book reading and throw-things-out-of-the-crib-game playing.  He got Papa to help his Daddy build him an indoor swing.  And he showed off his increasing ability to communicate.

Lucas is getting speech therapy to help him figure out how to best communicate what he needs, and we’re offering him all the options — pointing at objects, pointing at pictures of objects, pictures with sounds on the I-pad, sign language, and verbal language.  Lucas seems to be considering all the options, but the one word he most definitely knows and uses is the sign for “more.”  (American Sign Language uses two hands for more, Lucas uses one.)   At the end of a song, or at the end of a tickle, or at the end of any game Lucas has invented, he pulls one hand up and makes the knocking movement for “more.”  Sometimes it’s small and looks like a request.  Sometimes it’s fast and enthusiastic and more like a demand.  We finally got video of the more sign, which will show you what Lucas thought about his first time on the homemade swing: