Leila has kicked the sign language into high gear and we are enjoying teaching her new signs. It is amazing how quickly babies pick it up. She knows and uses the following signs:
1...Eat (she uses this one ALL the time)
2...Bath
3...Shoes
4...Dirty Diaper
5...Sleep
6...Light
7...More
8...Take me/give me
It is so much fun to communicate with her and even if she doesn't know the signs of other words yet, we are able to understand her quite well. She also makes this lovely grunting sound when she wants something and gets excited...she sounds just like a monkey! She actually says "doggie" (which is mainly for dogs, but is also used for every other animal as well) and "Hi". One of her favorite toys is the home phone and/or cell phone and she cradles it behind her ear and says "hi" A LOT...
She has a ton of teeth coming in right now so it is doube work to keep up with the drooling and from time to time she is quite irritable due to the pain. I still don't have an exact count of how many teeth are coming in...a bunch of molars on the top and bottom, but getting her to keep her mouth open for a review is quite a feat. However, not as hard as trying to administer eye drops I have found...that is definitely a two person job for sure.
Here are a few pictures from our latest beach day and her photo shoot in her rough and tough skull and crossbone look. This is her DJ'ing outfit with daddy. She looks the part for sure...
