First Cold (boo!) and Talking with Signs (yea!)

Elise woke up this morning with her first cold. I guess we are lucky to have avoided one this long! The poor thing has a super runny nose. She's coughing and sneezing but trying to stay in good spirits. One second she's walking along the couch smiling and babbling, the next second she wants to cuddle on my lap. Unfortunately, she's on a nap strike-- maybe it's too miserable laying down. Hopefully it'll run its course quickly. We won't be running any errands today but will take advantage of the warm weather (61 degrees today) with a long walk. The dogs will be happy!

We continue to work with Elise on some signing so we can communicate better before she's speaking. Nana babysat yesterday and taught her the word and sign for applesauce. Well, its actually the word 'apple' but we are using it for 'applesauce'. Not only is Elise signing the word, but she's attempting to say it too! We'll count this as another word in her vocabulary! You be the judge in our video! Now that we can say and sign 'apple/applesauce', we have it for every meal and snack!









Just at lunch (about an hour ago), Elise signed and said another word! I asked her if she wanted more puffs (a favorite snack) but she signed the word for water and said 'wah'! Unbelievable! I've been signing water for months and unprompted, she signed it back to me! Wow! Elise is the smartest baby in the whole world! Sorry to all the other mothers out there....