Confidence and Spirit

The first black eye.  He is full tilt 100% and he is so confident when he stands. He had a sock and was waving like a checkered flag while balancing on the chair with just his finger tips touching. He waved way too hard before I could get to him and boom, right on the face. I told him that I was proud of his confidence and spirit and those two things would cost him a lot in the future.

Conquering the World, One Baby Step At A Time

Patton likes to do everything, and I mean everything, standing up. Apparently he wanted to pet Jak today. Below is the progression of what happened.

Well! You don't say!

Tim and I have been half-heartedly trying to teach Patton sign language over the past few months.  Okay.  Tim has been consistent.  I have been all over the place with it.  But yesterday, lo and behold, Patton randomly signed "milk" to me while nursing!  I couldn't get him to repeat on command but he did it once again last night and now today, it's the only thing he wants to do.  He crawls on top of me, starts tugging at my shirt and frantically signs, "milk! milk! milk!"  Even while lying down for a nap today, he lifted his lazy hand while drifting off and signed, "miiiiiiillllllllkkkkk........."  It's his new favorite thing, and I can just see the excitement in his eyes every time he realizes all over again that he's gotten it right. 

My kid is 7 months old and he can talk!