Balen's first words

Okay, so Balen said a word very clearly this morning. VERY clearly. So I grabbed my camera and took several vids to catch him doing it again. Here's the best one since. That's the short version. Check out the long version with his idea of taking camera video. Suffer through the slower parts for the better parts. If you get motion sickness, don't watch this full screen!

Note that this is not his first word. A couple weeks ago he said the name of our very good friends/neighbors, "Joe" with Joe's wife Kim watching. However, he wouldn't repeat it more than once in my presence. Today, he did. He was in the backyard watching Joe mow his front yard and very clearly said, "Joe" 3 times. His J's are a little swallowed, but it was obvious what he meant, considering he was looking and pointing.

1st word: "Joe"
2nd word: "Abigail"

watch them kids dance

this is to the credits of Flushed Away (a good movie!).

Dance! Dance!