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Yesterday, Hayden started trying out a vocabulary. He managed to ’say’ “Jesus” (my mom made him two books about Jesus to look at during church) and “Jordan” (twice!). And today, his first sentence.

He was carrying his beloved Marty Monkey around and my mother was teasing him. She said, “Touch my monkey!”

Hayden wouldn’t let that pass. Every person in the room, no matter what they were doing or paying attention to, understood exactly what he said. He sassed her right back: “Touch this,” he said quite distinctly.

Think it counts?

I’m not sure how this came about, but sometimes Hayden is very good at sharing. This is pretty surprising coming from a 14-month-old-as-yet-only-child. Ryan suggested that it’s because we always share with him. I’m not sure; it usually isn’t my screaming that prompts Hayden to share with me.

I’m pretty sure, however, that our ‘lady and the tramp’ moments have had an effect on Hayden. If I lean in to give him a kiss on the lips, he opens his mouth for some food. I guess we know where his heart lies.

So last night while I was making dinner, Hayden was sitting on the floor of the kitchen with a pretzel. I leaned in to give him a kiss, and he offered me his pudgy fist. “No thanks,” I told him, pulling away from the 5 millimeters of soggy pretzel sticking out of his proffered palm. I leaned in again. He tried to share with me again. “No thanks, you can have it,” I said.

He looked at me, looked at the pretzel, and looked back at me. “Num,” he said, and stuffed the pretzel in his mouth.

When I offered him chocolate chips on Sunday, he screamed for them and yelled “Num num num!” Does this count as his first word?