He speaks...

FINALLY - Jerry is starting to talk more. I have anxiously been waiting to hear his little voice say words and say mama. I can't wait to have little conversations with him. I've heard him say words but he won't say them when you want him to. He is a stubborn boy - and is definitely going at his own pace. His first word was dada and we've heard it nonstop but mama is another story. He said it a few times and then refused to say it (to me) again. Others have heard him but not me. Finally, this last week he started calling me mom (not mama). Ugh, I never say mom to him - it's always mama. So where did mom come from??? Of course I will take what I can get. It was going to happen eventually.

He knows so much more than he lets on. We read books all the time and he knows what most everything is in the book but won't tell me what they are - I ask him and he points to it. And he loves to look at books on his own (he does this a lot during the day) - I was listening to him and he would go through the pages and whisper what things were. I couldn't believe it. He speaks! He knows so much. Maybe he is just shy???

I figured going to the zoo would be so much fun for him to actually see the animals that we look at in the books. He did say some the animal names and we are going to keep working on them. I'm thinking about getting a zoo membership so we can go more often.

I have really been working with him on learning the primary colors. He know red, green, yellow and blue. He will say these words but of course only when he wants to. Once he gets the colors down we are going to start working on our numbers 1-10. I figure one thing at a time.

Ok now on to an update about me...MOM :)

I have been wanting a sewing machine for awhile now and THANKS to my fabulous mother-in-law, I now own one. THANK-YOU! THANK-YOU! THANK-YOU!

Now I am not an experienced seamstress. I sewed in home-economics and my Grandma let me play with her machine a few times. But I have so many ideas that I want to do / learn how to do. I started out with an old sheet and cut it up and am practicing sewing on it. My first lesson - sewing a straight line. It's harder than you would think. I am reading some great blogs that have tutorials on sewing. They have everything now on blogs. Love them. I'm addicted to blog surfing for creative ideas.

So I keep practicing with my sheet until I get good enough to start in on some good material. I'll post pictures once I make something. Could be awhile :(

But in the meantime I started to do some other crafts. I plan on getting pictures of the stuff I've made. I think summer will be good for me. I have spent so much time in the house that I now want to repaint my red walls a brown and paint my front door black (inside and out). I love black. I think I am driving Jacob crazy. But he loves me and lets me do it if it makes me happy. What a sweet guy:)

And speaking of him, he just got home. So I am off to get chipotle for dinner and buy the movie The Blind Side.

Oh, and the turkeys are back. They just showed up in the back yard. First time since before Thanksgiving. There's 12 and one is albino. Very exciting!!!