John's First Word

We have often wondered what John's first word would be. We have listened to his distinctive babbling and theorized: "Bevo," "Dada," etc. We could not have imagined that his first word, uttered Saturday when his Aunt Pau was babysitting him, would be "HI." This is the word that Pauline often uses with him, and Daddy is convinced that he thinks Pau's name is "Hi."

He has repeated the word a few times since. On Sunday, he uttered "Dada" but he has not repeated that word. His favorite time to talk is at 5am after his 4:30 feeding, when he rolls over, smiles at Daddy and starts talking.

Daddy is leaving for Chile on business on Saturday for ten days, and he has briefed Aunt Larissa (who arrives Saturday) that it is her job to have talks with him at 5am