The Growing Gant Family...

Here it is.  The moment we've all been waiting for... We started signing to Calvin around the time he turned 6 months.  I didn't get really serious about it (with the baby signing videos) until around 9 months.  And just the other day, I saw proof that he' starting to get it.  Not that he's keying in on the ones that I'd like him to (like "more", "all done", "please")-well, maybe he is and they'll be next-but he's following suit to his big brother.  Just like William, his first sign is "dog" (two slaps on the thigh).  He even adds the sound "doh" to it (o;  I guess my boys love their dogs.  Here's my attempts at capturing it:

It starts days before...all the birthday prep that is. William was very in to helping me make Calvin's birthday sign (I had made one for William that I have taken out for each of his birthdays...Had to do the same for Mr. C). If it involves getting to use scissors, he's in! Spelling 'Birthday'... He's realizing as I take this picture that he has extra letters.. .But, none the less, he's pretty proud of his final product and wants me to glue it down (o;  And then...the final product on party day... And then came party time... Reading Grandpa Terry's train book with Shane and Kennedy Hangin' with Uncle Cory Time for PRESENTS!  Calvin had a little help from his brother and cousins (o; Thank you Grandpa Terry and Grandma 'Retta for my new gloves! Chugga, Chugga, Choo, Choo!  It's time to eat CAKE! He didn't even skip a beat...If it's on his tray and looks edible, he'll go for it!  Headed...

It’s been an entire year since this: Taken 5 days before I popped! Turned into this: From womb to world... And here’s my sweet Calvin today: My fun loving, boisterous, stout, smiley, blue-eyed, and full of life Mr. C…I love you more than any words in this world could tell.

I was talking to William about how Thanksgiving was coming up and then next would be Christmas when we would fly on a plane to California.   He informed me that he LOVED Christmas.   When I asked him why, he simply said, “I dunno.   I just love it.”   A couple minutes later he starts explaining to me that we need to invite “those people we don’t remember”…    M: “Those people we don’t remember?   Where are we inviting them?” W: “To our Christmas!” M: “How are we supposed to invite them if we don’t know them?” W: “We just need to!   All those people we don’t know!” M: “So they can have Christmas with us?” W: “So they can be happy like us!” Not sure where these little thoughts of his come from, but he’s already bringing the real meaning of Christmas into perspective at the tender age of 3.    It’s all about shining the light of Christ to those in need of Him..All year, but especially at Christmas.