16 almost 17 months

So since my work is based around the typical school year, that might explain the previous 2 month hiatus.  And now I'm back... or I will try to be at least for the next couple of months.
   A lot can happen in a couple of months.  Here is just one video showing what you've been missing.

You're going to have to follow this link since blogspot doesn't seem to recognize my youtube channel.

I know; father of the year award, right?  Hopefully CPS doesn't come knocking on my door after posting this.  But my wife tells me that she has read numerous articles on how important it is to roughhouse with your child.  And after a quick google search, this is just one article that I've found.  Lots of good reasons to roughhouse here and it makes sense to me.  I'm only too happy to oblige!
   I just had a thought.  After missing a couple of months of VB, I was about to post a whole bunch of different things all at once.  Rather than do that, how about I don't take up too much of your time right now.  If I can get my act together, I'll break it up into smaller posts so as not to take up too much of your precious time.
   Until next time... (hopefully sooner than 2 months)

27 weeks 4 days old

We started using ASL (American Sign Language) with Von Bebe months ago.  This is because babies understand language much earlier than they are able to use it.  Nothing fancy, just words like: milk, up, done, sleep, mama, dada, etc. And THIS is a great site to learn these words and many many others. 

   We suspect that she has started attempting to reciprocate this week.  She holds her arms straight out but one of her hands is in a fist and the other is not.  We're not sure if she's trying to give the sign for "milk" or she just wants attention.  It might be a little too early, but being the parents we are it's hard not to read into every little thing she does.

   But IF she is able to understand and not communicate, I can certainly imagine how frustrating it could be.  Check this out:

Here, VB starts putting her arms up like I mentioned.  After a while of just holding her she makes this frustrated vibrating lips sound that is quite humorous.  And our laughing only serves to frustrate her further.  It's a horrible feedback loop.  She gets more frustrated making more motorboat noises with her lips and we laugh that much harder.

   I suspect that if she COULD talk, she might call me an ass...