Matt is talking!

...well, sort of!

He is doing tons of babbling!

when you ask "who wants a (fill in the blank with anything, normally food)"

he raises his hand and says, "eeee!"

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Also, if you talk to him or ask him a question,

he will talk back (in baby babble) and will continue doing this until you give in!

he can out talk any lady!

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On to the pictures...

one of the many things that Joe forever left with our family is baby sign language.

(Joe watched our kids when we lived in Hickory and was more than just our "manny"!)

He taught Ellie all the signs below and some others...

and now, it's Matt's turn!

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Here is "more"

(he's touching his fingers together)

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This is "milk"

and even though milk is an action,

you can see one hand is open and the other is closed tight.

you can see he alternates his hands with the motions, open, close, open, close

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here is "please"

(open hand patting on his chest)

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and here is "eat"

(one hands fingers tapping on the mouth!)

sign language is such a blessing at this age!

it helps Matt not be as frustrated as he could be...

all he wants to do is be one of the big kids!

and most of it revolves around the dinner table!

If you're thinking about trying it,

don't feel like you have to get the signs perfect...

just have a "family sign" for certain words and repeat repeat repeat!

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He also loves to sit on the counter!

for a while...that's where i fed him lunch!

he can't get away if he's on the counter!!
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and finally, a neat trick of Matts.

I love how each kid has their own special things that

sets them apart from the others and this is defintly Matts!

He drinks from his sippies upsidedown!

and i finally got a good picture of it!

it's so funny!!!