Recently, Beckham has begun to say anything and everything. Some of my favorite moments are when he goes through the family tree naming everyone with their nicknames.
I point to a picture... Mama he says with a grin. Pa-pa (he doesn't want to say the "pi" of Papi yet), Ysa... Nat Nat. He goes through them all. The best is when he wakes up and asks for Dada by name -- like the first thing on his list this morning is to see me and smile.
Then after showing off his proficiency, he'll throw in a daa-dee-daa-dee-dee-daa stream of nonsense while pretending to talk on the phone to let you know he's watching you and this is what I sound like still.
He'll say 'hola' to any person that will give him the attention and loves to announce his departure of any restaurant with 'buh-bye' to all who will notice. He's quite the social butterfly!
With so much to say, I can only pray that in time we can fill his vocabulary with words of kindness and love -- that his speech would be seasoned with grace for all who he meets.
Older photos, but appropriate.
