Ready to Dance

When Jamey "took part" in our Oktoberfests show, he was still in what our doctor calls "the Blob Phase". He was held by whoever and passed around and fell asleep most of the time. He really wasn't that aware of what was happening.

So imagine our excitement when the Fasching (German Mardi Gras) show came along and gave us an opportunity to dress Jamey in his full Lederhosen outfit and take him out with the group. Nowadays, he is much more conscious of the sounds and motion around him. He looks for the sources of noise, and he loves to check out everything going on.

In our show, the first dance that is done is a plattl by just the men. The women stand in a line towards the back of the floor and wait to be picked up for the next dance. There I stood, with Jamey in my arms. His eyes were locked on the men of the group forming a circle. As the music started, their arms started flying and they starting moving around and dancing. Before I knew it, Jamey was hopping up and down in my arms, as if begging to run out and join the men. Throughout the night, as he was held by a number of people while Glenn and I danced, many of them reported the same thing happening while they were holding him. It seems that Jamey is ready to go out and join the group. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he gets to watch Christopher dancing every day. Give them a few years and it will be very fun to watch them plattl.

Jamey has actually been doing this dancing for a while, proving that he has a great rhythm.

On another note, we have been trying out some more foods with Jamey. Today we bought him some Puffs at the grocery store. In the past weeks, he has proven to us that he has veyr good fine motor skills-- holding things between his finger and thumb. He loves to rub the tags on his stuffed animals between his fingers. He proved very good at picking the Puffs up, but has a little trouble placing them in his mouth. But we keep working on it-- practice makes perfect.