She started talking a few months ago, I guess I'm such a slacker I didn't mention it on lj until now! Ha. It was cute, her first word was "nana" for banana. Her most commonly used phrase is the one that also gets her the most response which is "bye" or "bye bye" along with a wave. She also says "Hi" but not as often. Other words have been repeated a few times, but not with as much regularity such as: ball, book, yummy, yeah and up. It's all still pretty basic. Much like the crawling thing it starts out so slowly that hardly notice it, you just suddenly realize you have a talker on your hands! Ha.
As odd as it sounds Brianna is not named after Brian. I had considered early on in my pregnancy suggesting the name Brianna to Max- but then I thought "what guy in their right mind would want to name their baby after an ex boyfriend who passed away?!" Haha. A few months later Max called me up from work one day saying that he had taken the cutest little girl to the hospital (she was fine, they are just super careful with kids). He was all excited because she had a name that he hadn't thought of, but that he really liked...and how did I feel about the name Brianna? Perhaps it's just one of those fate things:)
Oh, Brian was pretty much my first love. He was my horrible boyfriend in high school. He treated me poorly, I treated him poorly, we had all sorts of teen drama going on- it was delicious in the way that only those first relationships can be. Ha.
Ah, yes. I have one of those as well. His name is John. He's my friend on Facebook and leaves comments sometimes about how he's "jealous" that I got pregnant/had a baby. I try to laugh it off but it's uncomfortable at times...
When Brian passed away I realized that he and I had been friends longer than anyone else who was currently in my life. The few drama filled years that we had dated had been out lapped by the many years of real friendship built up after that. But, I still wouldn't have asked Max to name our baby after him...'cause that would have been all sorts of uncomfortable!
I think you should totally pursue a master's, Rebecca. I think you'd enjoy it, it would be a wonderful accomplishment and it would totally make you more employable. Schools are busting at the seams in this economy for a reason and I think what comes out of that when the economy turns up again is going to be really worthwhile. And awesome - talking baby!! I am so proud of you as a happy mother and friend.
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Oh, Brian was pretty much my first love. He was my horrible boyfriend in high school. He treated me poorly, I treated him poorly, we had all sorts of teen drama going on- it was delicious in the way that only those first relationships can be. Ha.
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And yes. Obviously it was fate. :)
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