Giggling and clapping at her son's achievement, she reaches down and lifts him onto her lap.  "That was wonderful, my darling boy!  Wow...look how much bigger you are!  You're gonna be all grown up soon!  Did you learn anything else while I was asleep?"  Rubbing at the light fuzz of white hair on his head, she smooths it slightly, untangling some of the spit-spiked clumps babies always seem to develop.