Audrey has figured out that if you push the buttons on our "high tech" toys, they'll do some kind of a trick for her (i.e. spin balls around really fast, play music). She'll push the buttons over and over again just to watch the magic unfold, and when she's bored with that she'll try to get the toys to do something else. Herein lies the problem: She can't get the toys to do what she wants them to do, and we can't figure out what exactly it is that she wants done. BEWARE the wrath of Audrey when this happens! I have never seen a baby get so infuriated with a toy! What's so funny about this is that she rarely ever gets mad or upset about anything else! She is our easy-going, laid-back little girl. It's pretty entertaining to watch, so I probably make the situation worse when she turns around and I'm chuckling. I can only imagine the F-bombs she'd be dropping if she only knew how to swear! I just tell her that she has to be smarter than the toy and eventually she'll figure it out.
Since day one (and possibly in utero), Isaac likes to hold his arms out wide all of the time (whereas Audrey still keeps her tucked in a lot--particularly while she sleeps). We have pictures from Isaac's first days where he's signing "West side"--I think one of our first blog posts shows this. :) Since then, the only gesture he has learned is the sign for milk (which still allows him to hold his arms out wide), and he uses this sign for his bottle, for food, and also for stories (basically, it means "want" more than it means "milk" to him!). However, after several unsuccessful attempts at teaching other gestures (clapping, food, story, more, please), we nailed one: waving bye-bye! While he puts his whole body and arm into it, we have confirmed that it is indeed a wave, and not a flail (because flailing is also an Isaac pastime). Next time you see Isaac, be sure to wave "bye" to him--you can tell he's proud of it!
