Dadaism

This past week Eli made us both very proud parents. He finally said Mama and Dada! Well, kind of. Early in the week Kelvey called me at work to tell me that Eli had said "mama". She said he was trying his hardest to imitate her making "mmm" sounds" and she was super excited to hear him form the word "mama". It was tough for her to get Eli to say it again, but Kelvey was able to coax him into doing it and sure enough I heard him making a "mah, mah, mah" sound. Unfortunately, Eli seems to love his old man's name better because the next day Eli was repeatedly saying "dah, dah, dah" and has not stopped since. I think Kelvey and I have been saying mama and dada equally, even saying it for each other, but apparently Eli finds it easier or more fun to make the "dddd" sound. I still have a hard time accepting that he is truly saying dada because he says it all the time, not just when he sees me, and sometimes it sounds like a "baba". You be the judge:

We have also been trying to use a few of the baby sign language signs for Mommy, Daddy, Eat, Milk and More, but he hasn't been able to do any in return yet. He does the milk signal (you squeeze your hand like you are milking a cow) but he does this all the time and sometimes it looks like he is just waving hello or good bye to you.