first words

well… lo said her first words. i wasn’t there to hear it personally, but i did get to hear it over the phone. “shut up,” that’s what she said. where the hell did that come from? nick and i don’t say shut up. i know she’ll hear and say a lot worse than that soon enough – but for right now, “shut up” is almost the equivalent of “suck my ass” – she just shouldn’t be saying it, it’s not nice. “shut up” implies that what someone is saying is unimportant and that’s never true. yes, i realize she’s 10 ½ months old, she has no idea what imply even means let alone knows that words she speaks can imply anything – i know all this… and yet i don’t care. i don’t want her saying that. i hope it was a fluke and that she won’t say it again. i’m going to pretend that was not her first words and hope for a nicer phrase next time.