First word! First "real" word, I should say!

::does a happy dance::

I kept saying "look at Daddy!/say Da-da!/hi daddy!" over and over again, with John right there, and he said it a few times too. She laughed at us a bunch, squealed, did her "heh-heh" thing (it's weird, it's like she's coughing, only it's a fake coughing. She just goes heh-heh! ha-ha! over and over again), and then stopped.
I said it over and over again, pointing at John. Finally we gave up, and he sat down, and THEN she said "daa-dee!"

I almost DIED. Seriously. John just heard the "daa" part, because she said the second part quieter, but it was DEFINITELY "daddy". It's not a sound she's ever made before, and she never enunciates different sounds like that!

So of course I called my parents, haha!

I tested it out a few times afterwards, she didn't say it again, but I would say "Where did daddy go?!" and she would look around for him (something she doesn't really do, unless she's looking for me). I did that 3 or 4 times, even with him out of the room, and when he was in the room she would look right at him.

Awww! :)

Of course, her being the crazy girl she is, probably won't say another word until her 1st birthday. She's sneaky like that. ;D Funny thing is, I've been saying "ma-ma" to her OVER and OVER and OVER again. Every single time I pick her up, I say "come to mama!" or just "mama!". That's alot. I say it all the time, and have for weeks. I rarely say "dada" to her, maybe a few days a week, but still it's only when John is here. What the heck? LOL. Oh well, I'm still excited.

I downloaded "Gimp", a photo editing thing. It's REALLY complicated, but it was free and I could probably get the hang of it, with a few tutorials. I finally figured out how to do "selective coloring".....



Still, isn't that awesome? I'm excited about the possibilities. I might get her to hold a flower or something, you know how they do those pictures. Fun!

She's standing by herself more and more, too. Only when I let go of her, she doesn't just do it by herself very often, but I do it to give her some practice. John said she stood for almost 10 seconds while I was at work the other day, he even paused his game (lol) and she kept standing. Craaazy.

Ok, I'm done now!

♥
Ash

We've been bringing boxes from my mom's house over here (she's trying to get packed up, moved out, etc). So of course most of it is like MAJOR trip down memory lane...old journals, drawings, photos, books, etc.

One of the boxes John brought yesterday was full of CD'S!!! Not anywhere near all the CDs I had, but I am soo excited. I thought they were gone for good! You will see what a chick I was/still am when you read the list (just a few)...

Lisa Loeb (3 CDs!)
Avril Lavigne (listening right now, lol. I was so emo!)
Vanessa Carlton
Michelle Branch (LOVED THAT CD)
Cranberries
Toni Braxton
Our Lady Peace (IS LOVE)
Celine Dion (lol)
Counting Crows
Lord of the Rings (WWOOO!!)
Jewel
Alanis Morisette
Dido
Love Actually soundtrack (WOOO!)
Gin Blossoms


AHH I'm so excited.

Another box was full of books..I can't believe I read all those books (and then some). Sweet Valley Twins, Babysitters Club, Animorphs, Little House on the Prairie, and ON and ON and ON. I'm so excited, I wanted to pass alot of these books on to Reagan.

YAY for nostalgia!