So Friday Carl’s daycare teachers reported that he had a whopping two servings of hamburger for lunch. We were impressed with his appetite, but thought little else of it. Gus’s son eating a lot of meat is certainly not news to anyone.

Then Saturday Carl starts making this hand signal every time he wants something we’re eating coupled with something sounding much like the word “more”. Impressed with his verbal ability we give him whatever he’s asked for (as we are wont to do) and went on thinking his vocabulary was really coming along.

Then by Sunday the hand gesture was more than we could brush off. He did it EVERY time. Tapping his little fingers together and staring intently at his nearly empty plate. So I did a little looking into it and it seems our boy has picked up more than just a verbal vocabulary, he’s started to sign.

Maybe that daycare investment is worth it afterall. Can’t wait until tomorrow morning to talk to his teachers and see what else he might be trying to tell us. Amazing!