picked it up in a snap

dear will:

i am continually impressed with just how smart you are. learning new things and trying new things all the time and just being so thoughtful about all of it. i swear i can see your little wheels turning in that big noggin' of yours (hey, uncle danny calls me squash, so i'm allowed to say you have a big noggin', ok? ok :)

last night i babysat you. you were in a great mood as usual. no crying when mommy and da-da (as he's trying to teach you to call him) left the house. we bounced around for a few minutes and as usual i had you on my right hip and was snapping my fingers on my left hand. almost instantly you started snapping with your right hand! i was shocked. you were even using the correct fingers (thumb and middle finger- not index like most kids try first). i would tell you how proud i was that you were doing it and you'd beam with pride.

then eventually i switched sides, so i was snapping with my right hand. i look at you. no snapping with your left hand. but as i peeked around, i could see you were still snapping with your right hand!! clever little guy.

as soon as your mom got home i asked "how long has he been able to snap his fingers?"

she looked at me with a blank stare.

"he can snap???"

yes mom he can.

i bounced you again and you went right along with it.

such a little show off, but you're so smart, that's ok.

one smart cookie you are.

and i love you!

love auntie jen

p.s. next time i come over please ask your mom to warn me about your reaction to real food! i was so excited to feed you big boy food (after all, you DO look like a big boy sitting up tall in your high chair). well, little did i know that apples were going make your eyes roll around and that your whole body would twitch like you were having a seizure!! poor desperate little face. you'd think i was force feeding you a mouth full of sour patch kids. but you hung in there for a bit. opening your mouth and trying again and again. you see us eat all the time- and are grabbing for our food, smacking your gums. so i think that you get that you are "supposed to eat like us" but its going to take a little bit of getting used to... to say the least.

let's hope for better success with bananas.