His First Words....

I have been teaching Gabe "Bye-Bye" for the past 3 weeks. It's part of his Portage lesson to do list. He managed to do it on his own after about 1 week, but on and off. Meaning, sometimes he can sometimes he won't....and it gets funny coz he'll get confused sometimes and end up clapping hands...OR....he pauses, then waves both hands...then end with clapping..guess this is part of their slow co-ordination skills.

But today, in the car on the way to Portage, we kept practicing....and suddenly, he said "bye bye"....Terry & i were stunned, quiet for awhile, then we stared at each other...seriously???????? Gabe said bye bye??? I thought it was just a fluke chance, i mean cmon the boy is only 1yrs old, with DS...but i mean we both heard it...coould it really be?

Then....i was at Portage class...we kept asking him to do it...then suddenly again, he said "bye bye"...Mika, who was there, heard it and so did the instructor....OMG....for real...ahahaha clever lil boy!!!!

Let's hope this is the start to many many more words for Gabe....so happy...