Mahalia is about to bust out with some crazy talking. She does a huge amount of gesturing with her hands (Grandma Endsley is half Italian) and makes so many expressive faces. The one above is the "I"M CUTE AND I KNOW IT!" look. Her first official word besides dada and mama seems to be kitty. That should come as no surprise to those of you that know the Endsleys. Most days Mahalia wakes up in the morning, waves at us and then waves at Peanut and says very excitedly, "KITTY!"

As it turns out, she's a little like her mother who was in speech therapy until 2nd grade. Mrs. Mawtin finally let me out of that cwazy business when I was finally able to say, "My father just bought me a brand new red ferrari." I had some twouble with my Rs. I also couldn't make the K sound and remember referring to myself as Tali. Mahalia is doing the same with kitty. It cracks me up.