All Done!

I've been working with Tessa lately to try and teach her a little bit of sign language. We've been working on thank you, all done and more. I wasn't really sure how early babies can pick up these kinds of things, but I figured that if I start early with the sign language, then when she is capable of understanding it, she would be used to seeing it. A couple days ago, she was watching me from her high chair as I was asking her (and signing) if she was "all done," and she moving her hands like she really wanted to do it but couldn't figure out how to make it happen. I was so excited that it looked she was getting it. Then tonight, we had a breakthrough! We were at Grandpa Wayne and Grandma Vicki's house and she was eating her supper in her high chair. I used to think when she started to stick her tongue out and spit bits of food out that she was all done, but since she does that through basically the whole meal, that is no longer my compass. She started fussing a bit after she had eaten quite a bit, so I asked her again (while signing) if she was "all done," and she looked at me for a few seconds then lifted her hands and turned them back and forth a couple of times! I was so excited for her!!! She did it twice while in her high chair, because I kept asking if she was all done, then she started to fuss again as if saying, "Mom, I said I was all done, now get me out!" Something new every day - I want to keep teaching her more signs and see how many she can pick up!