I just wanted to note what a wonderful time Jack had on his first Halloween night Trick-or-Treating. Mommy, Daddy & Nana were all in attendance as we went up and down are street to each of our neighbor's homes. Jack even stayed up beyond his normal 7:00 pm bedtime...but never even got crabby he was having such a great time. He was dressed as a blue butterfly and was the cutest little thing. (I am going to save his costume for him as he may want it when he is an adult). Even though he is only 9 months old, it didn't take him long to figure out how to reach his hand into the bowls at each house and to grab the candy. Obviously, he just played with the candy as we walked to the next house...but he just loved the whole concept of this holiday!
When we were finished (we only stayed out about an hour) we sat him down and let him play with all of the candy he collected. He LOVED that...holding up the packages in each hand and crinkling them to make noise and feel the texture. We gave him just a few tiny bites of chocolate (as babies aren't supposed to have chocolate before they are a year old) as we didn't think it fair not to let him taste the fruits of his labor.
As far as communication goes...I think our baby is gifted. He waves his hand to indicate that he wants something. And he claps as a symbol of the word "yes." This was confirmed for me on Saturday when, after giving him a bite of a little mini cookie, he waved his hand at the cookie after I had set it down. So, I gave him another bite. A few minutes later he waved at the cookie again, so I gave him another little bite. When he waved again, I offered him the cookie, but he turned his head to the side and waved in that direction again where his sippy cup was sitting. So I asked him, "Do you want a drink?" and he clapped his hands ("yes"). We went on for 10 minutes or so with him asking for cookies and sips of water with gestures. It was amazing. After we were done, I asked him if he wanted to go see Nana and he waved at the door (her room is right down the hall and he knows that is where she always is). Also, he says Mama and Dada and I think he knows that Dada actually means Daddy, as he says Dada and then looks to the door where Daddy comes from when we call for him. He is amazing, for 9 months, I think.
On Sunday Jack attended his first Birthday party for his friend Paige (the daughter of one of my good friends) and he had a ball. He weighed about as much as Paige and was even a bit taller and she is large for 1 year old....our big big boy!
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