Progress

Chi said his first word! "More." We have been trying forever to get him to say more when he hands over his juice cup because usually he just shoves it in our laps and whines and cries until we get up and get the juice. He was so excited when we were all praising him that he just continued saying "more" which really sounds like "mmmmoore" but it works.

Technically he may have said mama and dada already, but he won't use them clearly. Let me explain. The only time he has said dada to Matt was one night when he wouldn't sleep and Chi knew Matt was really frustrated. Chi grinned at him and very sweetly said, "Dada." But he's never had a repeat performance. When I am not there he will say "Mamama" and it seems pretty clear that he's looking for me, but he won't say it in my presence. When we actually try to get him to say either for us, he just laughs and laughs. So we are very excited about "more."

And on to a Gabe story. Gabe was complaining to Matt that he wanted Chi out of their room because Chi was just going to take everything out and make a mess. Matt said, "And how is that any different from what you always do?" Gabe responded, "You got me there." (He really did very matter of factly say that; no changes to make a better story. The kid is beyond his years sometimes.)