Griffin is still spelling away on the computer and with his alphabet blocks his favorites are: sesamestreet.com, teletubbies.com, sesameworkshop, and zoboomofoo. Pretty good huh? These are words that he learns on his own and even though they are not useful I think that it is great that he can spell them all by himself. Last night, like every night, we were reading books and he was sounding out the words that were new to him and using adjectives to describe each object like "red wagon" and "blue flower". Now we just need to work on making sure that he understands what each word means and not just say it.

He has been speaking more clearly since getting the tubes put in his ears last month. What a big difference it has been. I am wondering if anyone else has had that experience with tubes? It used to be that he would mostly babble all the time but now I can make out what he is saying much better. My dad said that maybe since he can hear better that he might not scream as loudly when he is happy, Griffin has this high pitched scream when he is happy and it is ear piercing, but he still does it just as loud as before.

There is one more thing that I want to bring up and it has to do with my friends who have children who are not as verbal as Griffin. I feel guilty when I "brag" about his successes and feel like I should not talk about that part of our lives. Does anyone know what I am talking about? Is it bad manners to post a message about how well my little guy is doing? Shouldn't I be more considerate of others? I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I sure would like to know what you think about it, it sure would be helpful. Thanks