Shameless Brag

When Cason was a baby, I wanted to teach him sign language. He never really seemed interested so I stopped around 9 months because I figured I would rather that he just learn how to talk. About a month ago, he started signing "more" one day out of the blue. It took me a couple days to convince myself that he really knew what the sign meant and that he was using it appropriately. I don't know where he got that since I hadn't signed "more" in quite a few months. But I took it as a sign that he wanted to communicate and since he doesn't talk, sign language sounded good to us. Now instead of pointing and grunting, he signs what he wants. It also cut out a lot of tantrums because we almost always know what he wants. That first week, he picked up at least 5 signs.

His favorite sign by far is "fan". He is obsessed with all fans; ceiling fans, box fans, the fans in the bathroom we use when we shower. At church on Sunday, he freaked out because the fan that blows the a/c kept shutting on and off and he wanted it to stay on! He points out all fans to me at home, at stores, when we go for walks and he hears the fan on an a/c running. His other obsession is airplanes. No, Kelly didn't cultivate that one! He will sign "airplane" whenever he sees a plane, hears one (which is quite often as we live near an airport), or we talk about them. Oh, and he loves birds too.

I tried to get them on tape yesterday but he was a busy boy and didn't want to stop to play my games. I got about half of his signs on tape and about half of the body parts he knows. My favorite part of the video is his impression of my hairdryer. He is obsessed with my hairdryer and asks to play with it several times throughout each day. I love that his impression has audio AND visual aspects.

I have to explain the part at the end of the tape too. When he was a baby, we would say "give Daddy (or Mommy) kisses" but then we would just go ahead and kiss him on the forehead. We didn't actually wait for him to kiss us. So now he thinks that leaning his forehead into anyone is giving them a kiss. We think it's cute and funny so we haven't corrected him. Plus we have no idea how to correct that.