Babble Babble

This past week Grayson has jumped full swing into vocal exploration. He tests the sounds he can make, how loud he can yell, how quiet he can speak, sweet coos and husky babble. He's starting to form sentences of babble as well. He is perfectly content to sit for long periods of time talking to his toys. It's amazing to listen to!

Yesterday he said "dada", but I don't think it counts as his first word. Not because I'm holding out for "mama" to be his first word (I don't think there's a chance of that happening. No "M's" have been heard from him yet), but because he said it both times in mid babble. I don't know...maybe it counts?

Now the reason for this picture...the past couple of days Grayson has decided that a high pitched, little-girl-walking-through-a-haunted-house scream is the best way to get attention. Oh my. I can only imagine what the neighbors think.

This week I came across an incredible resource...sesamestreet.com. Grayson adores watching the videos there. We have had a few sweet times the past couple of days watching those videos. He'll sit on my lap completely entralled with Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster, and then every now and then he turns in my lap to give me a big hug. My heart has melted every time he does this into a huge puddle.