Gardner has just started his first two-syllable sounds, and he now says them repeatedly during all of his waking hours! He realized on Monday that he can say "bah, bah, bah...." And does he ever! He coos it, he sings it, he sighs it, he shouts it. I try to encourage him to slowly change it into a real word...."baby," "ball," etc. We'll see what happens. He is well on the way to those precious and audible true first words.

Ken calls from work during the day to say hi to me, as he always has, but now there is another eavesdropper on the phone. Gardner chews on the phone cord and then I let him speak to Dad. Ken talks to his son, and within seconds, Gardner's head shoots upward, his eyes widen, and a slow smile spreads across his lips. He ever-so-slowly gazes in my direction to see if I'm the one talking....he can't understand why he can hear Daddy but not see him. It makes Ken's day to know that his baby boy lights up when he speaks to him.