I wasn’t planning on blogging today but something happened this morning that I have GOT to jot down so that I always remember when, where and how it happened.
Aaron is 8.5 months and has been babbling and making sounds for a long time. His favorite, like most babies because of the ease of it, has been the “D” sound. And like most parents, when he started babbling we started talking back to him while making silly and ridiculous faces to encourage him to speak and form words. The main goal has been to get him to add the “D” at the end of “Da” and today he DID IT!
AARON SAID HIS FIRST WORD!
DAD!
NOT “d, d, d, d”
NOT “da, da, da, da, da”
D-A-D!
(Or more accurately, “D-A-DT“. The little voiceless retroflex plosive “T” at the end of the word just slays me with cute.)
We just had our morning bath and I was lotioning and giving him his baby massage and chattering and grinning at him when he blinked at me with those big, huge eyes, grinned, and said, “DADt”!
It startled me and wasn’t totally sure I heard correctly, so I grinned and said, “DAD”, back.
AND HE REPEATED IT!!!
THREE TIMES!
I then excitedly ran and dragged a naked and dripping Jonathan out of the shower so he could witness the awesomeness that was his kid.
Not to be indelicate but I think Butterlump suffers from performance anxiety. He just sat there blinking at Jon and then tried to suck the water droplets off his arm. I didn’t want him to feel bad so I told him it’s ok. It happens to all guys at some point.
Heh.
Poor, Jonathan. He didn’t even get to hear his own name.
BUT I DID!!!
I am so uber thrilled that I don’t even care that my son thinks I’m a dude. (I am used to it. I have always thought I look man-like. And hell, I have played enough of them on stage, so ya know…I’m chill with it.)
Thanks for letting me squee with excitement on you all. I know this is my fourth baby but it’s been such a long road and we haven’t had a little baby in the house in so very long that it is all JUST as magical as the first time for me.
Maybe even more because with age and a whole lot of trial, grief and loss I realize JUST how precious and fleeting it all really is.
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That is an awesome milestone! I love that. Congratulations and enjoy every second of it
Yeah! Oh that’s so fun and exciting! And I really can’t imagine the more kids you have the less fun milestones are, so who cares if he’s your fourth. IT’S STILL EXCITING!!!
That is awesome. Definitely a “red-letter” day. I can almost guarantee, I speak from experience as I have 3 of my own, you will always remember this day.
Awww… That’s adorable. Congratulations!
1. You do NOT look like a man. Nuh- uh.
2. He’s so dang cute, it makes my uterus ache.
3. They ALL say Dada or Dad first…Me, hubs, MIL..we’re all “Dada” here. :)
4. CONGRATS!!!!!!
That’s awesome!! Go Aaron!
YAY!!!!
Yaaay!!! It’s super exciting when they start talking!! I can’t wait to hear what other new words he’s learning!
that picture is a winner! -and congratulations, no need to feel bad for getting excited about something awesome one of your kids does, ever!
It never gets old! YAY Aaron!! He is one super cute baby!!
That’s beautiful and I think that you’re beautiful (mannish, nuh uh) and I think he’s beautiful and I also think you wrote beautifully here. ALSO? I think you should write about him more, no more of this self-conscious… “sorry that I’m writing about my [SUPER AWESOME BEAUTIFUL] baby, but…” Write away. It’s so good to see you so happy!
Yay! (My baby came along five years after my other kids, and it shocks me every day how much I’ve forgotten about having babies.)
Congrats :) We’re just in the awkward loud shrieking noise stage (wow, i can talk! i can make noise like mommy! auuuhuhauauaeeeeaauuuhhh!!!!!!!)… and have been practicing mmmmmmmmmmmmmmamamamamamamamamamamammmmmmamama (me practicing, not her, lol) so keep your fingers crossed!
Congrats!
My mom tried to teach ‘daddy’ to me and my sis first because he worked third shift. She was successful lol. And I’m betting you say dad a lot, don’t you? Either that or with your other kids, they say dad a lot. :)
This sentence:
“The little voiceless retrofex plosive ‘T’ at the end of the word just slays me with cute.”
totally made my day. :-) Yay, Aaron!
Being a speech pathologist is one of my “alternate universe” dream careers.
Le sigh…
OH man, this is the sweetest thing I’ve heard all day. I needed this.
You know I was going to say something totally inappropriate like “I will call you daddy anytime.” But since I am so classy I won’t. ;-P
And that baby is freekin adorable.
Awwwww… congrats! Dadt!
this is so awesome!
To celebrate the occasion I will eat a Cadbury Egg (okay it totally counts if I was horking it into my mouth when I started reading this post, right?!!?)
I just stumbled across your blog via the CBC. I have a 7 month old who now says mama and it really is like crack for me. I want to hear it all day every day. Loved your post. :)
Awwww… so precious and exciting! I especially love the picture… it looks like he’s giving you a thumbs up. :)
Yay for the butter-lump!
Oh, Loralee…. thank you SO much for sharing that! I swear, I’m almost as happy as you are!
It brought up memories of when our kids were that age. So precious, everything is new and exciting for them, and we get to see and experience it through their eyes.
Bless you!
Aw! how awesome! When is your butterlumps birthday? MY butterlump (and seriously I call my little guy “Butter”) was born 6-1-09. He says “mamamamama” I love it!
Dadt!!
I don’t know which is better, the story or the picture at the end.
Yay Butterlump!
I’ve had 8 babies, and it never, ever gets old. Each one brings his or her own brand of wonder! Have fun with your beautiful boy!
That is stinkin cute! But I have to say I am LAUGHING about your pic! Isn’t that your Christmas tree in the background? Loralee what are we goint to do with you? Am I going to have to come over and take all your Christmas down for you? LMAO!
LOL! NO! I took my tree down the day after the post I admitted it was still up and cobwebs were surrounding the star. :)
I just LOVE this photo and it seemed pretty prefect to express how rad I think Butterlump is. :) xo
Listening to baby jabber is one of my pastimes–Way to go Aaron!
Your children have a wonderful mom! They will accomplish great things with you at their side! Love your post!
Yay for Butterlump! He is leaps and bounds ahead of Parker. *sigh*
Yay!!! We squee along with you! Go Aaron!
Wow, look at that photo! The delight just jumps off the screen at me… go Aaron!
precious & heart the photo
I totally get the awesome in that!
Awwww. Awesome. ;)