Swingin’
On a foggy Saturday afternoon, we decided to give Nina her first taste of the local bucket swings. After a few moments of being quite perplexed, Nina relaxed and enjoyed the experience. She also liked watching the children next to her swinging. I picked a yellow ginko leaf off the ground which I’ll save to commemorate the experience.
Nina’s making some advances toward talking. After making what may or may not have been consonant sounds for the past couple of weeks, today she unmistakeably said, "Mama," and then began saying it again and again. I realize that this is just a random sound she makes and not — to her — a word with meaning, but it was still startling to hear. Kind of a preview of what’s to come. She’s also saying "baa baa." No "Dada" yet!