Vivi on the Verge

Today, at several different moments, Vivi said some new words - or the sounds that are almost words.


Wandering around with a stray shoe, she tried to give it to me. I said, "Honey, I don't want your shoe. Can you put it back by the other shoes?" She looked up at me, the lightbulb almost visible behind her eyes, shouted, "Back!" and then toddled over to drop the shoe next to its partner. Later, looking at a coloring book, she held it up to me and said, "Eeee-mo!" Sure enough, Elmo was on the cover. And finally, on the ride home from the playground, she said, over and over, in that great just-practicing way, "Daaaa-dee. Daaaa-dee. Daaaa-dee. Daaaa-dee." I'm Dada no more!

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.