La la LA la?
Francis has been mostly quiet for his nineteen months, prompting the beginnings of worry but no real alarm. He's sort of said some ma-ma-ma babel but it's not been definitively tied to Julie and seemed to indicate hunger as much as anything ("mother equals food" is a primal equation perhaps even though Julie stopped nursing last December).
Well in the last few days we've had his first clear-cut words: "La la LA la." Even without the accompanying notes, most friends of toddlers will recognize Elmo's theme song. Francis starts singing it whenever he sees his little Elmo doll. It's cute enough that we forgive him not prioritizing ma-ma and pa-pa first.
I hope to get a video of Francis's La la LA la for Youtube soon. In the meantime, here's a few photos. The first includes big brother Theo and--on top of the mess--Elmo himself. The second is Francis reading a book from the Thomas the Tank Engine Railway Series (not a posed shot, he climbed the rocking chair with the book himself).
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Omygosh, your kids are so cute!
@Julie: umm... uy you must have been in a bit of a goofy mood at 12:10am. So how was your night? Work went really well tonight: I got 225 units in and that on a short night!! I also heard some great stories about the clipboard maniac I should share with you. Hopefully I'll run into you one of these days. Maybe we'll just have to use these comments to communicate.
[For those totally confused, I'm working a 10:30pm-6:00am warehouse shift to supplement the web design work. Julie and I often see each other for about a hour or two as we switch off childcare duties or bed privileges. It's a life.]
When I was checking your site this morning, Silas noticed a picture of himself (in the Tacoma airport) in the flicker queue. So we took a few minutes to look at that and then the picture of Theo and Francis in the mess. I said, "look, they took everything off the shelves. What a mess." Silas corrected me - "not everything!" he said. Kids will stick together on these things, I guess.
And Julie's right - your kids ARE so cute!
They are SO cute! Our Godchild, Maggie, was born in 8th Month. Already, I am really trying to move her toward her first word. We just continue repeating "Fab-u-lous" in her ear. What could be better than telling her two "uncles", Craig and Steve, "you look fabulous!"
Lots of love your way Martin,
Craig
Julie, a totally unbiased observer, does speak my mind. Can't wait for the video.