Ivan has discovered his belly button in a big way.
He calls it his bee-bo just like the tiny hippo in Boynton’s Belly Button Book.
He likes to point at my (or really anyone’s) midriff and say “bee-bo” in hopes this person will lift his or her shirt enough to show off a belly button.
He also likes finding noses.

This Sunday Ezri and Eric went out to the park. Ivan and I were home playing. He pulled out his baby photo book. He pointed to each photo of Ezri and each photo of Eric in the book and then pointed at the door. I don’t know if he was asking to go find them or wishing they’d come back, but clearly he missed his dad and sister. He is communicating more all the time.

Ezri has been making ghost crafts which we’ve hung in the house for Halloween. Ivan really likes looking at the “boos” Ezri has made. He will point at them and say boo for as long as an adult will stay interested.

His favorite book is a Maisy lift-the-flap book called Where’s Maisy? I think I’ve been through it hundreds of times now and he will still go through a pile of books until he finds it holding it up smiling and saying “Muh-Muh” which is his noise of wanting. Ezri is willing to “read” it to him sometimes which is a nice break for me.