Margo saying "hi"
Margo saying "hi" again
On a recent plane ride, Margo spent most of the trip saying “hi” and waving to all the passengers on the plane. The woman in the seat next to Maia asked if Margo’s waving had been captured on video, causing Maia and Jake to realize that they have been remiss in expressing on this blog Margo’s great love — passion really — for saying “hi.”
And again...
Margo loves to say “hi.” This is absolutely, without a doubt, Margo’s favorite activity. She loves to be in a place with a lot of people, like a restaurant or plane, where there are many, many opportunities for saying “hi.” While this is certainly adorable, Maia and Jake imagine it may actually get a little annoying for the people sitting at the adjacent table at a restaurant, who have to say “hi” to Margo at least 10 times during their meal. And if someone happens not to notice Margo saying “hi” or chooses to ignore her, she will continue to say it until she gets a response. For example, at our hotel on our recent trip to Nashville, Margo would wake up very early in the morning, stand up in her crip, and wave and say “hi” repeatedly until Maia or Jake got out of bed to get her. Below is a video of Margo saying hi to some other customers at a restaurant.
While waving is Margo’s favorite thing to do with her hands, she also enjoys blowing kisses, giving a high five, and holding her toy cell phone up to her ear as if she is talking on it (most often with the phone upside down).
Margo chats on the phone
Eric said
Margo’s waving is a remarkably endearing quality, special. After doing my best to sleep through an hour of her wakeup one morning, I was deeply flattered to learn that she’d been waving at me for the better part of that hour as I lay on an Aerobed on the living room floor, only satiated when I finally looked up, bleary eyed and mostly blind without my glasses but sighted enough to see a small hand going back and forth, and I responded. And yeah, as her uncle I’m far more charmed than a random passenger on a plane, but if they’re not similarly charmed they’re just foolsih.