Fish, please!

Every time we go to the grocery store, I make sure to have a small stash of treats for H - most often goldfish. Towards the end of our trip, when he starts to get antsy I slowly give them to him. This week when we went, he ran out before we were finished with our shopping. He then began to plead with all of the other shoppers, signing "fish, please!" They all thought he was waving to them and were immediately smitten by the friendly little boy. Little did they know that he was begging for goodies!


Here is a video of him signing "fish, please." We see this many times a day in the form of "pacifier/ food/ice cream/cracker/etc, please" He also normally signs "thank you when he gets it. So, he minds his "p's and q's"

At this point in time:

At this point in time:
H loves his Mama and Daddy, and basically anyone who loves him!

Every time when I get him up after a nap or in the mornings, he likes to get a pacifier and blankie.

He loves to stand in the storage space of his step stool and make faces in the mirror. Sometimes he even gets little props (like old pacifiers and books) to see how he looks with them in the mirror.

Waiting for Daddy to come home from work is the most exciting time of our day!

He really likes to clap his puzzle pieces together and hear the loud noise. (He does this with his eyes closed tight - just in case he accidentally hits his face?)

He cries every time we come in from playing outside.

He likes to go push Leonard down and love on him.

He loves to climb on our bed and throw himself on the pillows.

He loves playing peek-a-boo and sharing his snacks with family on the webcam.

He still does not like vegetables, he likes fruits and most kinds of meat, he LOOOVES cheese and goldfish crackers.

He gets apples and peanut butter for snack time, and will eat off the peanut butter and spit out the rest of the apple.

He has discovered the joy of closing doors.

He can say uh-oh, stuck, duck, "arf," mama, dada, ...

He can sign, pacifier, blankie, water, bath, apple, banana, cheese, daddy, meat, more, finished, please, thank you, I love you, fish, Leonard, milk, clean, 'brush off,' bubbles, phone, dog,...

I know that was a lot, but I don't want to forget them!

Playing with blocks while Mama puts her make-up on

A little owl that keeps the door open.
Modeled after this

Peeking under the table skirt
I'm glad it wasn't a woman's!!!

A little light reading: Cats, Money Managing, and cheese

A boy and a cat

One of the signs that H has learned is Leonard. He doesn't know Mama yet. He doesn't know Daddy yet, but he does know Leonard. If Leonard is around and you sign it, he will look around for Leonard until he finds him. H loves Leonard. Everytime Leonard comes into a room he watches him walk by, watches him sit, watches him doing whatever he may be doing. Mealtime also goes a lot smoother for H if Leonard is close by!

Notice how happy H looks with two fistfuls of fur!

Leonard, on the other hand, does not hold the same love for H. Whenever H starts his high pitched squeal - Leonard leaves. If H starts grabbing, Leonard leaves or looks at H like he's saying "Stop!!!"

Ears hold a special fascination.

H is in heaven. Leonard is.....

We've got a smart cookie!!!

   

Who, me? 

 

 Yep, they're talking about me, it's true!

We are still signing with H often and when he is done nursing I sign "milk finished", after changing a diaper "change diaper finished," or if I am wiping his nose (which he hates) I sign "finished."  Last night he had pears and sweet potatoes for supper (which he loves) and when it was gone I signed "finished" and he started crying!!!  He didn't want his food to be gone!  

Sometimes it is hard to see if he understands or recognizes the signs, so it is very gratifying when he clearly does!

Are you proud of me too?

ILY

One day old - still in the hospital, he loved to watch GrandMelissa and Pawpaw sign. He was able to focus on them signing before he could focus on much else!

Eleven weeks old- now at home, and he still loves to watch them sign! If he has been a little serious, and they come and start signing to him, he is almost certain to smile or laugh! (This time Leonard wanted to get in on the conversation.)

H has the mitten on his hand to try to keep him from sucking on his fingers. We give him the pacifier, but he has decided that fingers taste better. If he has the pacifier in his mouth, it seems like we turn away for one second and when we turn back, he has spit out the pacifier and has his fingers in his mouth! I have even woken up a few times in the night to the sound of him sucking on his fingers - he figures out a way to get his hand out of the swaddler and into his mouth. The only bonus to this? We know without a doubt that he is right-handed.