names

The first living being to have ever been called by name by Elijah was Allie the dog. He calls her "Ah-yee." Seven months ago it sounded more like "Ai" and it took us a while to realize what it actually was. The next one was aunt Chelsea ("Ah-oo"), then uncle Tim ("ET"). The recent addition is pastor Michael ("Maku") to whom Elijah frequently talks on his toy phone, imitating Daddy. He starts with "E Maku" (translation: Hey, Michael!), followed by a long string of gibberish interrupted by an occasional forced laugh, and concludes with "Ah-ya-bah!" (translation: OK, bye!), after which he pushes one of the buttons to hang up (not necessarily the correct one).