Music to my ears!!

Well, Elijah has said his first word! He now says, "MAMA". How wonderful to hear that! He hasn't quite figured out what it is (ME!), but he says it none the less. We've been saying it to him for weeks, trying to get him to say it. He's so cute about it - he studies our mouths when we are saying it, and mimicks what we are doing. He presses his lips together and makes a "mmmmm" sound, and then will say it! Sometimes, he looks as if he's an old man who forgot to put his dentures in that morning - he chews and everything - my toothless little guy!

He has also discovered his tongue! It's the cutest thing to see his little tongue darting in and out and slowly come out. Last night he had Vince and I in stitches we were laughing so hard! He went from the "mmmm" gumming, to sticking out his tongue and back and forth. We were laughing so hard, and then Elijah would stop what he was doing, look at us, and then HE would start laughing. It was the cutest thing! I don't have any pictures to go along with it, so you'll just have to imagine - one of these times I'll catch a picture of him doing it.

So, for now, here's a cute shot of Elijah - Enjoy!