Read in Hughes-voice:
1. When Elysia said her first word! Not to be mistaken with the first sounds she made which were like Euuuu and Maaaaauuu. Her first word was 'Yum'! And then she learned Mama and Papa and happy and sad and cookie. It was so much fun teaching her how to pronounce things.
2. Elysia's first steps! I was on my out the door to work one morning, and she was standing at that point but keeping a hand on the couch for support. She sometimes got stubborn about me leaving for work, and that day was no exception! She saw me try to leave and she just started marching over towards me! Roy still doesn't understand why that warranted me taking the day off so I could sit and watch her do it over and over again!
3. (Quickly becoming "top ten!") She drew her very first drawings with such glee! She drew us as a family, isn't that adorable? I was the green blob! She's such a creative child, she even used black for my glasses! We still have them on top of the icebox, so~ cute~
4. Elysia and her mother love singing together~~ like a little angel choir whenever I hear it! She's been singing ever since she was a little baby, and Gracia would lull her to sleep with lullabies! Just thinking about those moments makes me burst with fatherly pride!
5. And when she first had spaghetti! We cut it up into tiny pieces but she decided to eat it with her hannnnds! There was tomato sauce everywhere! Especially on her little, smiling face. She even had some in her hair!
Oh yes, and then there was the time when... There are just too many to list! I could go on forever...