I wanted to write these down, lest I forget. Her first word, in my mind, was “shoe”. Still one of my favorites.

A rundown of Lily’s vocabulary:

• Hi (said softly, “Hi-eeeee)
• Shoe
• Balloon
• Zoo
• Mama
• Dada
• Happy (anything that is good)
• No (said, loudly, no-no-no-no)
• Ball
• Eye
• Nose (said, no)
• Cheese
• Cheerio
• Apple (app-um)
• Banana (nana)
• Bye-bye
• Night-night