little words, big day

Today I had two notable exchanges with Kate.

First, as we played with her Elmo phone, I excitedly received a call and said, "Hello? Hi! Kate, it's for you." I handed her the phone and she yelled, "Hi!" The girls and I cheered pretty enthusiastically, so I think we can count on hearing that one again soon.

At dinner, I gave Kate her food -- a little Gerber dinner with turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, and carrots -- and walked into the kitchen. I came back two minutes later to find her fingerpainting with gravy. There were little bits of mashed food all over the floor, her high chair, up and down her arms and, of course, her hair.  (I will insert a small note here, that I had just changed her into fresh clothes after she simultaneously had a blowout and played in toilet water up to her elbows.) I asked her, "Did you really just chuck your entire dinner onto the floor?" She looked me in the eyes and said, quite seriously, "Yes."

So, there you go. Two new words in one day. Her entire repetoire now includes:

Mama
Dada
This
Eyes
Hi!   and
Yes.

Lots of big days to come. And I'll savor every one.