Jacob says "mama"

Jacob was saying "mama" so beautifully clear today. Every time he said it I gave him a big smooch! Oh, it made my entire day. Jacob is becoming such a big boy. He likes to hang on the play gym like a little monkey, so that was our cue to lower the crib to level two for the fear that he might decide to hang to its sides. (I just peeked at the monitor and the little rascal is sideways in the crib flipping from stomach to back to side to back to stomach-- sound asleep-- so stinking cute.) He is incredibly driven to crawl. We went to visit grandma and grandpa and he was moving all over the place. He took a couple of accidental tumbles and has two bruised elbows (my fault for allowing him to slide on the bare floor). Scottie ordered a soft foam play mat and gates that should be arriving any day now. I am giving away my gorgeous "up to the sealing banana leaf" plant that's poisonous to children to my friend Alice tomorrow. We are baby proofing the house.