Baby's first word

Last night my mom was singing and talking to Lydia. At first, Lydia was babbling and "singing" along with my mom. Then my mom said in Chinese "Daddy is coming home soon" and kept saying the word "daddy" (ba ba). Then suddenly, Lydia repeated "ba ba" right back to my mom. My mom and I both looked at each other in amazement. We're sure that Lydia did not know what she was saying, but the pronounciation was so clear that there was no doubt she had said her first word. Okay, so Trung gets the first Chinese word, maybe I'll get lucky and get the first English word. :P

Lydia has also been able to hold up her head for several seconds now during "tummy time". I've been trying to help her to raise her head and turn it from side to side, but last night, she just raised her head on her own. She was all looking around, showing off what she can now do. That's my girl!