I have to be careful what I say around Ellie these days, because she takes me literally.

For example, last night I said to Nik, “Wow, Ellie hasn’t been talking very much today,” and immediately, she started cooing.

Or yesterday afternoon, I said, “Baby, you’ve already blown out at least two outfits in the diaper region today.  Why don’t you just puke* a bunch on top to complete the job?”  (Note that I was using a fairly sarcastic tone at this point!)  So literally (not exaggerating) 10 seconds later, she did – a big puke*, all over her and me.

I’m learning early on that I’d better watch what I say!

*These days we prefer to say “puke” pronounced as in the name “Luke” – it’s the Ezra way and much cuter!