"Ma-ma" and "ello"

I don't know how I could forget to tell you that our little girl is now saying "ma-ma". :) She has been doing that for about a week. It still falls way short compared to how often we hear "ba-ba", but I am thrilled none the less.

Randomly, she has also started saying "hello"...but she somehow misses the "h" and it just comes out "ello". She seems to repeat it when we say it at odd times, but she won't ever say it on command. (She likes to remind us she is NOT a performing circus monkey...if we wanted to impress our friends we should have bought a parrot.) Anytime we try to get her to say stuff in front of other people she just looks at us and smiles. I think she is laughing at us on the inside.

And, let me assure you that even though she looks just like Doug, I'm afraid my genes are in there, too. The little munchkin is already a drama queen. She has barely been sick a day since she was born...but from the way you hear her cough, you would think she is dying. My poor little girl just has a dreadful.....FAKE....cough. As soon as she figured out she could do it, she has been fake coughing for months. The doctor laughed at her at our last appointment and actually called her a drama queen. Don't worry...we actually do take good care of her. We aren't letting her go without medical treatment. But, the fake cough does crack me up. :)

Poor baby has a cough!

That's my girl!