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Introducing: The Signing Baby

Humongous life changes around the bend for our family.

We are pleased to introduce The Little Mister, making his debut in February.
I know this is something you learn when you are two, but I am just in AWE that there is a human being inside of me, and this human will be a mix of me and my husband. It's just crazy! This baby my body is making (incredible!) will have characteristics of me and the man I love so much. I thought marriage was pretty amazing before, but now it's at least ten times as amazing. It's like we have superpowers.

I feel like Edward Bloom on "Big Fish" when he learns one thing about his future wife every month as his payment for working at a circus. Every detail I learn about the Little Mister I moon over for weeks.

He's a boy.

He's super healthy.

He's tall.

He loves to move a lot (to the dismay of every ultrasound technician I've had).

But best of all, he can sign!

My ultrasound tech was like "What is that he's doing with his hand? I've never seen a baby do that before!"


Yup. He's saying "I love you" in sign language. Or basically "Hey mom, stop worrying if I'm going to take to sign language so I can talk to daddy. I'm saying my first word before I'm even BORN!"

This is definitely our son.






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