Proud, sleepy Mommy

Our day today started WAY TOO early! Little Kai woke up and started fussing around 3:45 am. We let him be for a few minutes, and it became quite clear that he was quite unhappy. So, I got up, made a bottle (just in case), and went into his room. Upon seeing me, he started giving me the "milk" sign, so I gave him his bottle. After the bottle he settled down, but still didn't want to be put down to go back to sleep...so the walking/carrying began. To make a long story short, we were still walking when Joe got up at 5. When Kai saw Daddy, he thought, "How fun, Daddy's up, now it's time to play". So I let him down and conceded that we were up for the day. After playing for a few minutes, Kai gave me the "eat/hungry" sign. I was very impressed as we've just started using this sign less than 2 weeks ago. So I put him in his chair and he ate some yogurt and toast (wonderful, breakfast at 5:30am...what time does that make lunch?). He really was hungry! He was hungry and he used his sign to tell me! (Can you see me smiling??) Around 7am, he started fussing again, so back in the Ergo he went. After about 10 minutes of unsuccessful cuddling in the carrier, he gave me the milk sign again (I wasn't happy that he wanted milk again so soon, but he was very upset from teething, and I knew he needed more sleep, so I gave in). About 3oz. into his bottle, he was out! Totally asleep...the bottle even fell out of his mouth! So, now I'm way tired, but probably up for the day, and so, so excited that Kai is using his signs meaningfully and appropriately! I am so proud of our boy! I just think it's amazing that through sign language, we can give him words before he's able to speak them! Now, I better go grab a shower while he's still sleeping...who knows what other adventures lie ahead of us today!