I was merely acting!

Maceo has a number of tricks. One is that he can portray some emotions on command.

Here, he is squinching up his eyes to check you out in a "suspicious" manner.

Here, he has stuck his lower lip out, evidently because he is "sad."

What is going on? Someone is very "confused."

What the...! Did you...! I mean...! So "surprising"!

This one is better in person, as he "angrily" breathes in and out at you.

Good listening skills

I've been commenting to Nick lately that I am happily surprised by Maceo's level of comprehension when I use longer commands and full sentences and it seems as though he understands my entire sentence. 

So, the other night, it's bath night and we are prepping to get into the tub.  One task we do before Macers gets in is to put his diaper and pajamas on our bed.  So, Maceo and I are in his room and I hand him his cloth diaper and say "Please go put this diaper on Mommy's bed."  Maceo looks at me solemnly, grabs the diaper and heads off to our bedroom to complete the task.

He reports back like a good little soldier and I give him his socks and say, "Maceo, please go put the socks on Mommy's bed. Thank you!"  Solemn look.  Big eyes.  Hands extended to grab his next task, you know what this looks like.  He turns and heads down the hall to complete the task and I turn to find the next item I will send him with.

When I look up again I see he's distracted so we head straight for the bath.  And there, floating in the water, are Maceo's socks.

Maceo and Julian

Julian recently has started refusing to get into his stroller. Until Maceo came along...

Maceo's various noises