Teaching Lilly to say "Mama"

Today, while at home with my sweet baby girl, I noticed Lilly copying me with baby talk every time I deliberately spoke to her. I thought this would be a great opportunity to try and teach her to say "Mama." I think I may have heard an "mmmm" sound during this video, but it was more likely that she was frustrated . You can be the judge, but I couldn't help sharing this with the world.......I thought it was so funny.

Things are lookin' up!!!! (as in, sitting-up)

Lilly is officially sitting on her own. We still have the occassional "timmmmmm-berrrrrrr" moments. However, she's upright most of the time now, which is more fun for her since she can play with her toys.

This age (5-6 months) has been so much fun for me-

• We started on solid foods: carrots, yams, butternut squash and green beans are the faves so far.
• She's babbling, squeeling, and generally communicating in her own way. "Dah-Dah-Dah," "Ah-dzoo" and "Yah-Yah-Yah-Yah" are the most frequently spoken sounds.
• Her favorite past-time is blowing bubbles and making vibrating sounds with her lips (my dad calls it the "Bronx cheer".)

There is no doubt that Lilly is an independent little woman that knows exactly what she wants, and is good at communicating it. I see the "Type-A" in her, so there's no question that her personality takes after me. Maybe #2 will be more like Mehdi- mellow and generally agreeable.

She's such a joy....and every day is something new with her. Hopefully my next blog will be a photo of the big crawl!!! No rush, though.....I'm not looking forward to baby-proofing my house.