family members

Over the last few months Elijah discovered that he has more family members than just Mom ("Mama") and Dad ("Dah-dy" or "Papa" depending on the context). Every once in a while we catch him reciting everybody's name to himself out loud. It usually starts with the two of us, and then moves on to "Pahkah" (Grandma) and "Pah-(long pause)-kah" (Grandpa), followed by "Ee-Tee" (Uncle Tim) and "Ah-Oo" (Aunt Chelsea). Then comes "Goggie" (Allie the dog), and the list invariably concludes with "Gee-ka" (Jesus).