Book

That is our daughter's first word. Yep... she has spoken clearly and without any doubt and her first word is book. It is an auspicious beginning to the New Year.

It all began on Erev Rosh Hashana while we were at services at TIS. We were sitting behind our friends, Elissa, Davia, and Andrew. Hadarya wanted none of her toys but all of Davia's. So she leaned forward and Elissa offered her a book. She said, "Do you want a book?" and Hadarya said, "book." I looked at Elissa and she confirmed that she heard her say it. But c'mon, she's 11 months old and how could that be her first word?

She seemed to say it again in Savta's company during our lunch but it was not clear enough to discern with all the people around. Today she clearly said it in front of Grandma as she reached for her shelf of books. She said it once, and then about 3 more times. We have a word!

At bath time she was reading her water proof book and she looked up at us and clearly without any distraction said BOOK. No doubt about it. She is talking and my guess is once she starts she is not going to stop.