We have words!

I'm not shouting this one from the rooftops yet, but we have strong reason to believe that Elle said her first and second words today - the strong reason being we were both there and heard her :)

We often call Elle "Baby." Tim was getting Elle ready for church and said something to her like "Are you ready to go to church, Baby?" I was in the kitchen, and they were in the living room, and I heard two definite syllables: "Bay-bee." Tim paused, and said, "Can you say 'baby'?" And Elle repeated: "Bay-bee. Bay-bee."

It makes sense to us - "baby" is probably one of the words we use most frequently around her, from her nicknames ("Baby," "Baby Bear," "Baby Boo," etc.) and just general "the baby just pooped" and "can you put the baby in the car seat" comments and questions. She repeated it a few more times throughout the day, too.

A little bit later I asked Elle if she could say "Dada." I didn't expect anything. I figured one word was enough for our chatterbox. But she looked at me and whispered "Da-da." After church, Tim put Elle in her crib for a nap, and we crashed for a bit, too. When she woke up about 50 minutes later, I brought her in to our room, and we dozed some more. When she and I started to wake up, in that groggy, sleepy state, she rolled over and faced Tim's back. I asked her where Dada was and told her to wake him up. She started quietly saying "Da-da. Da-da." And patted him on the back. (I have no idea why "Dada" can only be whispered, but I guess it's better than yelling, right?)

This all reminded me of a conversation Tim and I had recently where I told him that the babysitter said Elle babbled all the time. Tim said, in standard sarcastic-Tim style: "Gee, a kid of yours, talking all the time? So hard to believe."

Sigh.

It was made especially cool because we were both there to witness/hear the milestone. So far we've been pretty lucky on catching the "big moments." And honestly, I don't think we would have believed it if we both hadn't been there to hear it.

Of course, when I asked her to say "Mama," which she has babbled numerous times, she looked at me seriously and said "Ob gibby dew do nana quibby bwa bwa."

Grrrrr.

But yes, I know, I know, I need to get the words on video. I'll see what I can do :)