Being a SAHM was always an ultimate goal of mine, especially while having little ones in the home, but I honestly thought there was no way we would be able to afford it living in southern California. When it came down to it, I was willing to make sacrifices and cut amenities to make it happen. I do face a regular internal struggle of the fact that I am not financially contributing to this family like I used to but the emotional contribution of knowing our daughter and future children will be raised by me in our home is beyond invaluable. I understand that there are some wonderful sources of childcare out there, and I was fully prepared to hunt down a great nanny of our own or a share situation, but my requirements would have left a very small margin of take home income. Now I get to witness on a daily basis the amazing mind and goings on of this amazing little girl that I call my daughter <3 She blows me away with her persistence, attention to detail, tenacity and brilliance. One tool in my mommy arsenal, that I am SO glad we use, is American Sign Language (ASL). The only sign we do a "baby sign" version of is "dog" because she doesn't have the dexterity to even try snapping for a while, otherwise we use actual ASL signs. If one day her ASL vocabulary gains her new friends on the playground it would be a shining moment, or if she decides to continue to grow her ASL vocabulary over time to the point that she becomes an interpreter would be amazing as well. In the end, if nothing else, ASL has made communication possible from a very early age and encouraged her to learn and use new words on a regular basis. We will definitely be using ASL with this next baby!
Development: Jasmine's newest spoken words are "Dirty" and "Noodle", her newest sign is "Turtle"
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