Friday, September 15, 2006

She said DADA

I have to record this in the blog or I'll never remember it. Tonite Olivia finally said "Dadeee!!!" Very nice for daddy, who has been patiently awaiting to hear the mere utterance of that sweet word since long before she was even born. Olivia has been kindly referring to him as mama, but when asked to point to Daddy she would always point straight to him. So tonite we took her to Aladdins for dinner and all the way there we tried to practice with her...and all the way there her reply was "mama." But Dave is a good sport and he finally got his sweet rewards tonite while we were getting her ready for bed. She was standing on her changing table and I was holding her little hands while she bounced and bobbled all around. We tried again to coax her into saying Dada, and finally she squeeled, "DADEEEE." We couldn't believe our ears, but it was in fact music to both of us!

Also tonite Olivia started saying Strawberry, Banana, and Cantelope. We were eating at Aladdins and we ordered a fruit plate for her. I told her the names of these like I always do and she immediately repeated, "Berrrry" "NANA" and "Ope!" It was very cute.

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