I just had to note this as it was so funny! Baby Jack is really beginning to communicate with signs. He ADORES balloons and has loved them since he was 5 months old. We cannot take him anywhere without him noticing every balloon wherever we go. Consequently we often buy him mylar balloons so that he can hold the strings and look at them (which is all it takes to make him happy).
Jack also loves ceiling fans...and points those out with his sign for "fan" wherever we go. Last night in our room he was signing "fan" so I turned the fan on low so he could look at it while it was moving. Well, the current created by the fan sucked up one of the mylar balloons that I had in the room and the balloon got caught up in the fan and then kicked away from the fan making a horrible loud noise. Then the current brought the balloon back into the fan blades again before I could rescue it.
Jack saw all of this take place and began to cry (the fan was "beating up" his balloon friend.) I forgot about the incident until that night when I was nursing him to sleep. Jack kept stopping to turn and look up at the fan and make the sign for fan. He would then look at me and make the sign for fan. (He was afraid of it...you could tell). So I would hug him and wrap my arms around him and tell him that he was safe and that Mommy loves him so much and that everything was okay. He even raised his little arm up to make the sign for fan while he continued to nurse. The poor little thing...that must have really traumatized him.
He was fine this morning...I just wanted to remember the look in his little eyes when he looked at me while making the fan sign...letting me know that he was afraid.
Also, of note, he is cruising like a pro and loves to be chased! He will start to crawl through the tree tunnel at the Polaris play area until another child comes through the tunnel from the other direction. Jack then immediately runs around and crawls back out as fast as he can laughing as if he is being chased by the other child. He just kept doing this again and again the last time I took him to the play area.
Also of note is the fact that his hair is so long that I can no longer leave it in little curls at the top of his head. This weekend, I began smoothing it out by brushing it to one side. It is adorable...he really looks like a little boy now. However, I am amazed (as always) at how beautiful he is. I can't imagine loving anything any more!!!
(NOTE ABOUT ME: I have lost 40lbs over the last 4 months. I am wearing size 8 jeans and size 6 skirts again. Just a bit left to go to get to my goal. I feel so much better!)
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