I truly understand now that toddlers experience things through all five senses. Taste included. This one loves to taste things.  It's more than just putting things in his mouth. He wants to eat/lick markers, bubble wands, and pretty much everything else he shouldn't. 

We are by no means potty training, but he does sit on the toilet whenever he doesn't have a diaper on. The problem with this and his particular anatomy is that he can hold on with one hand and now takes the other hand and sticks it right into the stream. 

Jack loves basketball, he has a really good jump shot and solid one handed form, but he also likes to watch it on tv now and claps whenever someone makes a shot. It's pretty adorable.

He is getting pretty good at the chunky puzzles and matching what should go where. His animal sounds and gestures are quite extensive as you saw and we've added in alligator too! He knows a lot of body parts too.  Don't ask him to say any words though. Thats on his own terms.