First Words

Preston started saying "dada" months ago. We did not count it as his first word because he never said it to or towards Chip. At the beginning of November I was holding P, and Chip was on the other side of the room. Chip called out Preston's name, Preston looked at him, and yelled out DaDa!

Over the past several months Preston has become obsessed with dogs. My parents have floor to ceiling windows in their den that look out to their back yard. They have two pit bulls that Preston became fascinated with. He would look out the window for 10 minutes at a time (which is like hours for adults). One day he was staring at the pups, and they were staring back. While they were barking Preston let out a loud "dawwww". He said it over and over. Everyday that we would go over there he would do and say the same thing. He now goes to our back door and says hi to Wrigley multiple times a day. He will lift up the curtain on the back door and play with her through the window. He has several books with animals in them and he will turn the page until he gets to the "dawwww" page.

Preston has said the sound of the letters B, D, M, S, T, and V.

Since Preston was about 8 months old he has been fascinated with anything with wheels on it. Janie started playing a game with him where she would take one of his cars and push it around saying "zoom zoom". Now every time Preston plays with his cars he says "Va Va" for zoom zoom.

I waited for what seemed like FOREVER but Preston finally said MaMa for the first time at the beginning of December. My heart has never felt a feeling like it did when my baby finally called me by name. He doesn't say it much yet, but every time he does my heart skips a beat.