Dada?

When you become a parent, you look forward to the moments when your child can say mama, dada, when they can give you a hug and tell you they love you. On Valentine's day, Jacob came home from work and was spending time with our sweet girl while I cooked dinner. She was sitting (or standing) on his lap and all of the sudden she says "dada". I turned around and said, "Did she just say that??". He was grinning from ear to ear. Since then it has gotten more regular. She has said mama three times but doesn't do it consistently yet.

Proud Mama and Dada

The title of this post says it all.. Jacob and I are so proud of Chrisily. We have been showing her some baby sign language to help her communicate with us. I must say that I was a bit skeptical and therefore I didn't do the signs as consistently as I should have. Yeah, the thought of it was pretty cool but I just didn't see how a little baby was going to pick up on it. Well, Chrisily proved me wrong the other day. I was feeding her lunch and showed her the sign 'more'.. I noticed she kept doing the same movement with her hands but it didn't click at first. All of the sudden, I realized she was trying to show me 'more'! I got so excited. She did it a few more times then I had to get it on video. Take a look at our smart girl in action: