DCS hosted a continental breakfast and visit with Signing Santa last weekend. Jordan did better than we thought he would; he showed a lot of interest in Santa, signing "Santa" and saying "Ho ho ho!" but he still didn't want to sit on the Big Guy's lap. That's what Daddy's for I guess. One of my friends from high school commented when she saw this photo, "He looks disappointed that Santa brought him a sister!" LOL. At least we didn't get stuck with a photo of him crying! Afterwards Jordy got to enjoy his very first candy cane, pretty sure that the J-man would call that the highlight of the day!
In other news, our ASL mentor, Maggie has already given Cygni a "temporary" sign name that we think is going to stick, as during the breakfast many people had already begun using it! It's the ASL sign for "Star!" (Makes sense when you consider our reason for her spoken name.) For those who may not know, a sign name is very handy for people who are members of or work/live closely with members of the deaf / hard of hearing community, because fingerspelling one's name can get pretty tedious, and a sign name can also sometimes highlight an aspect of one's personality or a physical attribute. Lending a uniqueness to perhaps an otherwise common name. The catch is, a sign name is something that must be bestowed upon a person by someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, Chris and I can't just make up a sign name for Jordy. And there are lots of good reasons for that, not the least of which is, we are not fluent in ASL and would be hazarding giving a name which has a meaning we aren't familiar with, possibly with disastrous / embarrasing results. Well, it seems Cygni is already ahead of her big bro on this! He doesn't have a sign name yet, though Maggie and Ingrid have told us to think about Jordy's mannerisms, or things he does that are integral to his personality and let them know as they may be able to create a sign name from that. If any of you think of anything we should pass on to Maggie, let us know!
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