Baby signing.

We have tried to sign a few words like milk, all done, more, and drink to increase the understanding of a concept. I'm sure that you already sign a few things without thinking about it; bye-bye, up, cry, hug, kiss and hi. Yesterday, TJ signed 'more' [thumb and first two fingers together, both hands, tapping each other]. You can see it on the Internet. Google 'baby signing'. It was so cute I could have just hugged him forever. This sign from TJ came BEFORE the familiar signing bye-bye. Everyday is a blessing with TJ or any baby/grandchild.

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Mama leaves for work and you stand at the door yelling "Mama- come back".
4-27-98
'Helped' Grandmas dig a garden at Uncle Tim's [2135 Hanford, LP MI 48146] and plant seeds.
This is a game we play:
Who loves you? ....................................Mom
" " " .....................................Grandmas
" " " ...................................... Uncle Tim
" " " ......................................Great
" " " ........................................Aunt Katrina
" " " .........................................Rekha
" " " .........................................Devin
" " " .........................................Papa
on and on.
A small bird hit the stroller as I was pushing you and Kelli home from the park. It landed on the grass and died within a minute. I picked it up and let you and Kelli hold it. I said " It's broken"

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You are very friendly and like everyone. Kelli is your every day companion. We have lots of fun together. You give lots of hugs and kisses - even to your toys. Your smile is as big as the sky and everyone thinks you are adorable. You can count to 15, know 22 letters of your alphabet [by age 2] and all your colors. You know what MOM spells. Your favorite word is "mine"
You call me "Grandmas" grandma's house, grandma's car, grandma's etc. Grandmas loves you very much. I love taking care of you while your Mama works. You are the pride and joy of my life. " Good morning, Munchkin" Big hug and kiss.

Kisses

TJ has been kissing us since he was about 4 months old. I didn't realise it because babies don't pucker up their lips. His kisses were open mouthed. Once his mom figured out the pattern, we were kissed by an angel every day. Today TJ's daddy was holding TJ in his arms. TJ kissed Tim. Tim said "thank you, baby". TJ kissed Tim again. Again, "thank you baby". TJ kissed Tim again, and again, and again.........12 times in a row. I don't think my son has ever felt as loved as he did this morning. Just conjecture. I might be wrong. I should ask him.

15

Today my very first grandchild turned 15. It's hard to believe. Wasn't it last week when I was walking him to pre-school? We would stop and say 'hola perro cafe' to the brown dog. Wasn't it last month that we were swinging at the park, I bent to pick him up, and Jay said, 'no, dada do'; he wanted the other child's father/mother to push him in the baby swing? Wasn't it just last year the he wanted to go to McDonalds to play on the balls and get a toy in his Happy meal? Where did the time go? My most fervent wish, was to make great memories for Jay. I hope I did.

Ball

TJ loves his balls. We play catch all day with a pink 'basketball size' ball, a white plastic baseball, a small stuffed football, hard plastic balls that 'enter and exit' a 'gumball machine' like toy and small tennis balls. When he had a chance to play with toys at the library, the first thing he picked up was a yellow ball. We've gone from 'catch' to throw, to bouncing on the wood floor, to rolling into a turned on its side plastic tub - score! Soon we will start to swing a bat at a ball; as soon as TJ can walk.

I seem to have missed blogging Monday.

And here it is Wednesday morning. I was meditating under a blanket last evening and I seem to have forgotten to brush my teeth. Can't remember what time [2am?] it was when I was done meditating and crawled into bed. [there are two beds in my cavernous bedroom - one for company/meditating.] Some times I think that my body is fighting a bug off and requires extra zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz