What's that you say Tara, you have a Mother's Day present for me?

The other day I was on the floor with the girls. Letting my youngest Tara crawl around me, and play with whatever she could find that was safe to pat, chew and toss, when she crawled over to me, patted me on the leg and clear as day said, 'Mum.' What? Did you say Mum, Mum? Really, Mum? I tried very hard to get her to say it again, but nothing. I was sure at this point I was making too much of it and she had accidentally stumbled on that sound since she had been experimenting with buhbye for a couple days before.

You see, Katy's first words consisted of owe(Zoe), Da(Dad), Hi and Buhbye. Anna's were the same except for the order was slightly shifted. Mom/Mum was WAY down the list. So I've been waiting for Tara's first words with hope that I would rank in the top ten this time. ~l~

Fully aware that I must have misheard in my desire to hear her say my name, I told Mike about how I had to have misheard her because she did not repeat it at all the rest of the day though she was quite happy to say Buhbye, attempt Hi when she greeted her Dad and will wave at anyone willing to indulge her.

Then Tuesday night as we are all piled up on the bed in our bedroom, reading stories and trying to get the girls ready for bed, Tara with arms wide open lunges at me with another loud Mum! Mike heard it, I'm not hearing things, she said Mum! So I may not be her first word, and if you count the breathy, elongated Hi, not her second, but I rank top three! The best Mother's Day gift I could get!