Communication with a toddler...

It has been fun watching Micah communicate with us a little more lately. He still has minimal to say verbally, but he absolutely knows a ton of words! When we ask him where things are on a walk or ask him to point to certain items on a page, it is clear how much this child actually knows. He has also been learning sign language from reading "Baby's First Signs" books from the library, with "eat" being one of the first (and most often used!). The first time he communicated accurately with me, using that sign, was such a cool experience. How amazing to watch your child all of a sudden begin to "talk" with you! Just this morning, as Micah was waking up in his crib, I saw him doing the signs "eat" and "more" to himself (we have a video monitor, thus I am able to see him without actually being in his room). Clearly he was one hungry boy this morning :).

I have talked before about the example that parents are for their children and how children are like sponges soaking in all that is around them. This was shown to me again yesterday, as we went to pray for our food at lunch and Micah clasped his hands together, waiting patiently. We have prayed with Micah at meal times, before bed, and other various times since he was born. At the beginning he was especially fussy all through prayer (with Christian and I questioning what was going on :)). Lately he has actually been sitting quietly through prayer, and then immediately upon saying Amen, he would point and "umphh!!" for his food or milk. Then yesterday when we said "Let's pray first, Micah." he actually put his hands together, knowing exactly what was coming! It just melted my heart to watch my little boy ready to pray to God. Not that he knows exactly what's going on, but we are building a foundation so that one day he will.

I love this communication stage with Micah and know it only continues to grow from here! How blessed we are to have this innocent little human in our possession and I just pray we are able to raise him in a Godly home, that will ultimately point him towards the the love of Jesus and the freedom that He brings.