Lights, Camera, Fireworks

This past 4th of July weekend we traveled the long way up to Crescent City for our first visit to Spencer's hometown since Landon was born. I loved getting away from all of the heat and the business of Sacramento and enjoying the beach for a few days, and Landon loved getting spoiled by his Nanny, Grandpa, and Poppy! Their house was, of course, stocked with new toys and two very entertaining little doggies :) We made lots of visits to family friends, enjoyed the annual parade of fire trucks, floats, and cars, and ate way too much! As you saw from my previous post, Landon has been busily learning new baby signs, and this 4th of July weekend was no exception. Landon has always been very mesmerized with lights and continually points to them, saying "dat? dat?". We'd been practicing showing him how to sign "light" by opening and closing his hand up in the air. He would watch us but hadn't really tried it out himself....until we went down to the docks to watch the fireworks the night of the 4th. As the fireworks burst, he looked up into the sky and signed "light"! We were so excited and impressed with the connection he'd made. It's just incredible to think about how much really is going on inside his mind. It's been remarkable realizing how much he has the desire to communicate with us and thinking about how frustrating it must be to not have the ability to "say" what he wants/needs. You should see the satisfaction on his face as he correctly communicates something to us...pure delight.