Joey, A Talking and Climbing Boy

Joey has started saying a bunch of words in the past week. I tried to video it, but the sound wasn't very good. Anyway, the word he started saying the most is "Ace." (Ace is one of the Planet Heroes--a line of toys that Fisher Price cleverly introduced during the holidays and each one sold then came with a free DVD that made children want to have even more of these toys after they watched the DVD. So my boys have been using their birthday money and prize checkers to buy these.) Anyway, Joey likes the one called Ace who is from earth. He walks around all day saying "Ace" which sometimes sounds like a-s-s (does anyone else remember the scene in Meet the Fockers where the kid says his first word . . . ?). Anyway, other words Joey has started to say this week are hi and bye (which sound almost the same) while he waves and "quack quack" which he says when he sees a duck.

He has also started climbing up on the coach and rolling ottoman, on his brother's beds, and on the kitchen chairs. That has necessitated some new childproofing (pictured below) to prevent injuries.