Going Verbal
Just looking back at the babies we have known, it seems that kids choose a developmental path (verbal or physical) and stick with it at least until the age of four (we know nothing, of course, about any age higher than four). Simon clearly had a preference for the physical path. He rolled, crawled, walked, and jumped ahead of schedule but spoke Simonese well into his fourth year of life. Adlai has taken a separate path. While he can now get into a stand without assistance and gently lower himself back to a squat, he seems to have very little interest in walking. He has, however, grown his vocabulary which now includes "Hi", "Bye bye", "Baby", "Yay!", "Ah dnnn" (all done), "Brown Bear" (his favorite book), "Da da" and "Mama" (but he prefers to call us Da Da). What is really great is if you ask him to say something simple he actually tries.
I should also mention that he started kissing the people that he loves on the lips a couple of weeks back. If you're really lucky, you might get an open mouthed kiss that includes tongue. Ew.