Big Steps

Jeffrey had a big day yesterday. After dinner we were watching a movie and Jeffrey was walking along the couch between us trying to entertain himself. Mommy was feeding him pieces of these German fruit bars "Frucht Freunde" that he LOVES! She asked him if he wanted more and out of the blue he clenched his fists and put them together a few times. It caught Mommy off guard because she hadn't been signing with him for about a week and hadn't shown him the sign for "more" in quite some time. We asked him again and he repeated the guesture. It was so amazing to watch as he finally put the two concepts, hearing the word and making the hand sign together. He'll sign "milk" but I (Tricia) think that concept means eating and drinking for him right now and he won't sign it any time I ask him to, we're working on separating the two.

We've also posted about his obsession with The They Might Be Giants "Here Come the ABCs" and "Here Come the 123s" Songs before. One of them is a song called "High Five" Mommy has been trying to get him to give her five for a while we were listening to the song yesterday and she held out her hand and showed him once while singing the song and the next time he did it on his own. He's only given Momma high fives so far, but he'll warm up to everyone else.

While watching "Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom" Jeffrey stood up and took five distinct steps all on his own. After the fifth he deflated to the floor like a tire that had run over a large nail, but we were both excited to have been present for his first steps.