first talk

Let's see, what was her first word? She started off babbling semi-phonetic sounds, but definitely her "b's" were the most prominent. Actually there was one time we were walking through a tunnel in Central Park. Ray and I were shouting "echo" "echo" just for fun, when suddenly out of nowhere a small, yet distinctly sharp voice called out "echo." We looked at Cady, she looked at us... and then nothing more. She went back to babbling. That was in October of '03 so she must have been about 10 months. Then there was the time I'm pretty sure she said, "toe."

But her first real word that I actually recognized and got all excited about was the word, "baby." We were playing in her room, and a Gerber lotion sample was lying on the floor. She pointed to the Gerber baby on the packaging and said, "baby." I'm trying to remember when that was, hopefully I've got it written down somewhere.

So anyway, contrary to popular belief, "mommy" and "daddy" came way later. Mostly I just remember how she had a prediliction towards saying her "b" sounds. Which, thankfully would save me from earning the Worst Mommy In the World award later in the future. But more about that later.