Delenn Signs Ball (unprompted)!

Today Delenn is nine months old. Mommy had stayed up late last night,
so consequently Delenn was up before 6am! But it wasn't so bad. As
Mommy lay in bed she gave Delenn kisses. Delenn kissed her back (with
the perfect kissing noises). What a cute way to start the day!

This morning was a really busy one here. Logan had several of his
friends over -- and Mommy did a whole bunch of activities with them
(while the other Moms ran a few errands). It was a fish themed morning,
so we colored in and decorated some fish/starfish to hang on the large
water scene Logan and Mommy had painted the day before. We played the
letter hokey pokey (put your 'F' in, put your 'F' out). We made 'snail'
cookies and counted 'Cheerio' bubbles (Mommy had made a page with
various fish and starfish with bubbles on the page. They placed
Cheerios on the bubbles, counted how many there were and then ate them.)
By far the biggest hit was hunting for starfish Mommy had hidden around
the front area and the letters game. Mommy and Logan had drawn lots of
letters (A, L, P (for the kids' names) and F for 'fish') in chalk out on
the driveway. When Mommy called out a letter everyone had to race to
stand on the letter she called. We played "Fish, fish, fish... starfish"
(ie. duck, duck, goose). With all that, snacks and playing with Logan's
abundant toys (building a car and bug highway, building with Legos,
playing with the animals, etc.) -- lots of fun was had by all (including
Mommy!)!

This afternoon while Logan was still napping (a rare occurrence now, I
might add) Delenn was outside with Mommy. As usual she had a ball in
her hand as she walked about. Mommy sat her down for a moment to rest
her back. Delenn lost a hold of her ball and it rolled just out of
reach. She squealed for a moment and then clearly signed 'BALL.'
(Imagine holding a basketball in your hands and move your hands slightly
in and out.) She also said 'b, b' as she signed it. Mommy retrieved the
ball and Delenn had a big grin on her face. And for that matter, so did
proud Mommy!