We speak 'Evangelinese'...

Well... my daughter is definitely a 'late bloomer' as far a verbal communication goes. She's way too busy chasing her dog, climbing on things and kicking her ball. We're assuming that this is yet another 'Rockey trait'... since most Rickards' babies never attempt to do anything 'physical' until well after one year... yet can speak in complete sentences by 9 months or so. All of that to say that my wonderful Evangeline has finally uttered her first words! Yes, I'm quite proud... and quite aware that many of you have been anxiously awaiting her first words as well. Let's see... where do we start?

"MAMAMAMA" (that's me) . "Da" (daddy, of coarse). "Gog" or "Miyyeee" (Millie Precious). "UHMMMM NO!" (no). "Happy" (cake or food). "Bad-bad-bad" (what she says to the dog or other children). "I-know" (what she says to me after I tell her something). Ball... Bowl... and Baa (words she uses for everything else). "all-dun" (dinner was fabulous, thank-you-very-much). "Guck" (duck). Guck (truck). "Goose" (juice)... and "ya-you" (love you)!

I'm sure this little update has made your day, as it did mine. Stay tuned for more...