One of Our Favorite Things

At 6 months old, its amazing to me how fast the time is gone and how fast my babe is growing. I love being a mom! What a blessing she is to me and her dad! There are times I wish she was still my little tiny baby that wanted to cuddle all the time and needed me for more than she does now, she's becoming so independent, but at the same time it is so fun to watch her grow and learn! She is learning so fast!
One of our favorite things is the Baby Signing Time series. We were walking trough the mall around Christmas time, so Kyleigh was 3 months old, and we found one of those little vendors that was selling these sign language videos and the lady popped in the Baby videos for us. I still am amazed at how simple they are designed, but we got the first on for her for Christmas and she's watched it every day for the last 3 months, at least 1 time. She's learned that this is her movie and she gets so excited when she hears the songs, it is so fun! She's starting to watch me sign simple things like "fish", "milk", and "cat", and she recognizes what they are! She can't sign them back to me yet, but in the next couple of months I will keep you posted on what happens.
Honestly I would HIGHLY recommend these videos. They've won over 55 national parenting awards, so I think that was what really caught me. But she loves them! Also, although this might only matter to those of us that are LDS, they were created by Lex de Azevedo and his daughters, who are pretty big in the LDS music scene. His daughter Rachel is the "host" of the show I guess you would say, and she does such a great job at making it fun!
I'm going to try to create a link so you guys can see what they are all about. It starts with the Baby Signing Time videos for ages 3 months to 3 years, and then there are the videos for the bigger kids that are a little more advanced. Hopefully if Kyleigh can sign back to us during her toddler years we can avoid a few temper tantrums because she'll be able to tell me exactly what she wants :) Like I said, I'm going to try to create a link so that you guys can see what they are all about :)