Aurora made it past her 5 month mark a couple weeks ago, it's hard to believe that we've had her in our arms for almost half of a year!! Everyday she seems to get bigger, more aware of herself and her surroundings, stronger and...as if it was even possible, more chattery. She loves to chatter, to us, to herself to inanimate objects. This is probably the cutest thing to watch really.
So, since I have no idea what she is saying most of the time, I decided to look into BSL (Baby Sign Language). I did a few minutes worth of research and found a few free sites that offer a ton of help on basic signs, how to go about the process...yahdah yahdah yahdah. We started signing to her about 2 days ago (though we have been singing/signing the alphabet to her for a few weeks now (and she loves it!), and she seems to be pretty interested in what our hands are doing. Most of the "experts" indicate that you can start signing to your infant (and she will be paying attention sorta) at around 6 months, though she may not have the coordination to sign back to you until about 8-10 months. They do say it's good to start early so that Baby can understand that signing is an acceptable form of communication, since she won't really be able to speak until quite some time. It is becoming a really popular thing with parents too, apparently. And you know HOW MUCH we LOVE popular (hahahhha, rolling eyes). But the best part is that teaching your child to sign helps them learn to speak quicker and helps them build connectors in their brains (yep I said brains, I just felt like ya needed a fun word, so there, I'll say it again...Brains!) I also went out and bought a book called "100 First Words" and have begun teaching J the signs in the book, so he can sign to Aurora also. We've learned the signs for the all the pictures/words on the cover and the first page. Now on to the rest! Its really fun and gives us something fun to do with Aurora!! 
