October 10, 2008

I have been talking since the end of my 9th month.  Prior to that I babbled (and still do!), but Mom and Dad weren't sure if my babbles had meaning.  I was saying mama for a couple of weeks followed by dada, but Mom and Dad didn't know for certain that I was saying it intentionally.  I was!  To prove it, one day Mom and I stopped at Caribou Coffee.  Mom didn't know Dad was there too.  I saw him and started saying "da da da da da da."  Mom thought I was just babbling until she looked in the direction I was looking and realized I was telling her Daddy was there!

I have expanded my vocabulary a little bit.  Now I can say "ba" for ball.  "Dau" for dog.  "Uh-oh." "Baa" for cup - Mom still can't figure out why baa means cup the only thing she can figure is maybe I learned it from bottle??  

Step tracker: for those of you keeping track, I am up to 15 consecutive steps now!