Time to Say Bye-Bye

[I tried posting this last night, but Blogger wasn't cooperating.]

Speaking of Emily and the phone, here's another thing she's been doing that we find pretty interesting (and neat!).

Whenever I'm on the phone, Emily says "bye-bye" before I even have a chance to do so. Somehow she can tell when I'm about to end the conversation (whether I've been talking for 5 minutes or half an hour).

I suspect she can tell that the conversation's almost over by the inflections in my voice. When we're about to say goodbye to others, we as people tend to slow down our speech and the speech seems to get a bit sing-songey. An example: "Ooookay, aaalright..." and then, of course, "see you later" or "bye". Before I can even say goodbye, though, Emily says it for me.

I'll be talking to my Mom or Stephen and I'll say, "Alrighty then..." or something similar and Emily will wave her pudgy little hands and say in the cutest baby girl voice, "Bye-bye!"

Our little girl's so gosh-darned smart it kills me!