Stinky Sign

How did I forget to mention the "stinky" sign in my last post?  This one he only does on commend (i.e. he doesn't "tell" us when he is stinky, but if you ask he can usually show you where the stinky is located).  It seriously cracks.me.up.!  Of course we had just opened a new toy, so he was more interested in the packaging than playing along at first, but he finally came around!

Signing

We have been trying to teach Blaise some signs.  Really, we started a long time ago, but it didn't really catch on, so now that he is older and learning at a much faster rate than I am, it seems to be much easier.  He made up his own "I'm done" sign (see last post), but the first one he did that we taught his was eat/drink.  Unfortunately we haven't been able to see a clear difference for eat or drink, but at least we have the general idea.  He seems to do this sign quite often recently and when he really means business, he starts doing it harder!  For example, if we are taking too long in the morning to get moving on his breakfast he'll start pounding his mouth with the "eat" sign...sheesh.

"Eat," Mommy!

He also does the sign for "milk," "crayon" and "car".  We are working on other important ones like "hug" and "I love you"!

Crazy Hair

Telling us he is done eating

Okay, we got it...

Fish and brussel spout mess

Love this silly face!

Just trying to record and remember the little things that make us love him so much.  His super personality, his growing independence and increasing ability to communicate.  Every day he amazes me over and over again.