Isaac - 10 months... first words!

Isaac is 10 months today. He is doing so many new things. A few weeks ago, it sounded like he was saying "dada" whenever he saw Jerry, but we didn't think he could know he was "dada" since we haven't been trying to teach him (ha! We give his powers of observation no credit). Then, a few times when I walked into the room, he would say, "mamama." Again, I thought it was a coincidence. After all, all babies practice their "da" and "mmm" sounds around this age.

Then, he started saying "no." If I offer him a spoonful of food and he doesn't want it, he shakes his head and says "nanana." Or, if I say "no" to something he is doing, he will sometimes say "nana," often while shaking his head.

So looking back, I think he was saying mama and dada. For the record, I guess he said dada first.

Then (!) tonight, we did our usual routine of saying "night night" to Evan and Jerry. The two of them wave goodnight to Isaac, and Isaac usually starts waving around the time (or after) we leave the room. Now, all I have to do is mention that we are going night night, and he starts waving his hand. Tonight, we did our waving routine and walked away. As we walked upstairs, he most definitely said the following: "nya."

He seems to like all the daycare kids. When one of them leaves, Isaac and I will stand at the front door, wave good-bye, and close the door. Isaac has started crying whenever we close the door. So today, we stood at the door and waved good-bye (he waved too), I finally had to close the door, he cried, then we ran over to the window seat and I let him stand on the seat with his nose and hands pressed against the glass, and he happily banged on the window and bounced up and down.

When one of the kids gets put into a time-out and cries, he looks concerned for them, and sometimes cries himself. When they go down for their naps, he waves "night night" at them.

Evanisms
I was calling our babysitter on the phone, Jessica. Not the old Jessica, who is 100% sweet but a bit on the shy side and who Evan doesn't like, but a new Jessica, who is outgoing and he seems to like...
Evan: No, I don't want Jessica!
Me: It's the new Jessica, not the old Jessica.
Evan: Oh. I don't want the other Jessica.
Me: Was she mean?
Evan: Yes.
Me: What did she say?
Evan: Mean words.
Me: What words?
Evan: Um, dryer.
Me: Dryer?
Evan: Yes. Dryer. Buttons.
Me: She talked about the dryer buttons? Did she kick the dryer?
Evan: Yes.
Me: Are you fibbing?
Evan: No, Jessica is fibbing.

Evan had been asking for lots of hugs and to be held a lot. Finally I gave him a really big hug.
Evan: Ouch, you squeeze too hard.
Me: Oh, I'm sorry. I was just hugging you.
Evan: You squeezed me. That means you made me flat.

Before Jerry discovered there was a sock balled up at the bottom of Evan's boot:
Evan: My boots hurt.
Jerry: What's the problem?
Evan: My toes. They are all folded up.

And my favorite saying of all:
Evan: Boys have a penis and girls have a bagilla.

Followed by:
Evan (looking in the mirror, half naked): Where are my boobs?
Me: You don't have any. You are a boy.
Evan: Oh. What are these things?
Me: Your nipples.
Evan: Nooooo. Those are buttons.