Ga-Ga

Pic: Outside Jorgy and G's house, April 2008

So a few weeks ago, Jayce finally decided to acknowledge Joel, and say Dada. However, Jayce's dada sounds much more like ga-ga. One game Jayce enjoys is when Joel holds him up at the mirror. Joel will hit his chest and say dada and then hit jayce's chest and say jayce. Jayce always gets a huge smile. Today at breakfast Jayce decided that he was now ga-ga. He repeatedly was hitting his chest and saying 'ga-ga'. We're still waiting for him to utter his own name.

Pic: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Mar 2008. This is proof we do have at least one day of winter here in Houston.

Jayce says Mama very well, and it may be his clearest word. I think he has also said Jaeden once or twice. He has recently started to say Grandma, which the 'an-ma' part comes out sounding like Emma.

Memory Lane: Jaeden was 14 months when he looked in the mirror, while visiting Jorgy and G's house and said his own name. Also, Jaeden said Dada much earlier than mama. He was saying many things before he uttered the mama sound. He also said papa much sooner than grandma, which is the reason he calls my mom Junie. Two of Jaeden's first 10 words were outside and elephant, however, he could never say Grandma. Everything related to my parent's was Papa - Papa's house, papa's car... One day while driving to their house and talking about Grandma, I said her name was Junie, which he instantly repeated back, and she has been Junie or grandma Junie ever since.