Strong Baby

When my little sister Sam was a baby (about 8 months old the first time), she did what became known as "Stroooong Baby!" The first time she did it, it actually freaked my mom out. She would squeeze her fists together and squeeze them so hard she'd shake. It was hilarious. It wasn't long before she would do "Strong Baby!" on request.

Well, Elliot has become addicted to swinging at the park. He also has his own agenda and lets me know when I divert from it. He screams when I try to take him out and then tries leaping out of my arms headfirst. Once he's down he'll run back to the swings in a stand off with me and sign "more", whine, pull at the swings, etc. Well the other day as he was doing this he got so mad he squeezed his fists and made a "GRRRR!" noise and shook. He did "STRONG BABY!". I was laughing so hard.

Yesterday I was telling the story to my mom and sisters, when Elliot must have been listening and did it! So we all laughed and made a big fuss about him doing "Strong Baby". All day long we kept asking him to do it and he did it and would laugh. It is so cute and hilarious! And, before you ask, yes, I do have video footage I plan on posting as soon as Paul downloads it for me.

In the meantime, here's a picture of him doing it this morning on command.