[Editor's note: this is the only semi-recent picture that I do not appear to have posted yet; it doesn't really relate to the story. :-)] Now that Will has started saying more words, we feel we need to reward him and let him know we understand what he's saying. So, he's eating a lot more things of his choosing because he's asking for them. First he was just saying (and signing) "More. . .more" so we'd keep refilling his plate/hands.
Last night while I was carrying him around the kitchen and preparing his dinner, he spotted the bananas on the counter and let me know he wanted one:
Will: "Ma. . .ma.? Ma. . ma? Na. .na?"
Me: "Will, do you want a banana?"
Will: (shaking head and pointing) "Na. .na."
Me: (walking over to that part of the counter) "Can you show me the banana?"
Me: (talking over Will to Jason) "He's saying banana. Can you hear; it's banana!"
Will: (pointing and flicking his tongue which was his early sign for "I want to eat that") "Na na. . . a. . nana."
And so we retrieved the banana for his appetizer. Everyone was happy! On a side note, he also had a few bite size prunes last night, which apparently he thought were delicious because he gobbled them down.
