first words

i was on the phone with gary, and lij said, 'hi dada.'
gary responded, 'hi luci...'
i said, 'no! that was lij!'

i think lij is just imitating yet. i'm not sure if he's actually said a bona fide first word. though i bet if he did it would be 'luci'. he does things though. we'll say, 'hey, look at the clock!' and he'll look over at the wall with the clock. it's really going to get interesting...

we had the best 4th of july. gary bought a kiddie pool, and we decked out our backyard with a sandbox, grill, and table/chairs complete with sun umbrella. all for probably less than $100. to think we used to spend $140/month for a membership at the athletic club with a pool. but it was such a pain to pack up all the baby stuff for a 15 minute dip, then to have to find a family changing room and bring all our wet stuff home, not to mention if luci decided to poop there. yikes.

we ended the 4th with class c (those are the cheap ones, right?) fireworks that gary lit on our driveway. there were a few that shot up to maybe 12 feet high. luci said, 'wow... it's like disney... but it's not like disney...'