Talking

Penny is really saying Ma-Ma now. She will still sometimes say "ubum" and sometimes say "ma-ma" in reverse, more like "am-am" where the "a" is like the "a" in "ball". And that is of course how "ubum" came about to begin with. She gets "ma-ma" right about 90-95% of the time now unless she is really tired or something and then it is "ubum". But the really cool thing is now she is really using language appropriately. She refers to me and Tray by name (ma-ma or da-da) and can call us if she wants us. And she can show us things and say the name, like pick up her duck, hold it out to us, and say "duck." Right now she likes to say "up" a lot too. Everytime I ask her does she want to do something, if the answer is yes she says "up".

In other non-talking related news, she can help clean up her toys now. I have to hand her whatever it is I want her to put in the basket, but she'll dutifully place it in the basket. And the last two days she's really gotten funny about playing peek-a-boo. She will "hide" behind all sorts of things or around corners, but what is so humorous is that she'll only hide her face or her head. The rest of her body is clearly still visible, but she thinks she's "hiding". It is really cute.