Overnight Nathan has started saying all the words I thought he would just sign forever. (His own made up signs, no less, which did him little good when I wasn't around.) His sign for food is suddenly, "I hungry!" He says airplane. And he identifies animals by their names, not the sounds they make (which took me aback when he suddenly pointed to a book and announced, "Horse!" when I was expecting "Neigh-neigh.")
And he's stringing together all sorts of sentences, narrating whatever he is doing. He especially likes to inform me that his toys are awake when he is playing with them. "Mama, Thomas wake!" We're not discussing Obama's healthcare plans or anything, but it is so delightful to be able to actually talk to him. (And Grandmother, he likes Curious George almost as much as Elmo. "George? George? MONKEY??" he'll ask when he wants to read a Curious George book- apparently the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.)
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Also, my doctor moved my due date up to the 18th. He really felt it should be the 16th, in fact, based on my ultrasounds, but the nurse haggled with him. It's really only relevant if I go past the 18th and have to be induced, but at the rate things are going I think by then I'll be fine with that plan.
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