What's in a name, or a word?

He did it, my son the archdemon finally said "Mama"!

Yeah yeah, not quite so earthshattering I know -- save for the fact that he is over 2 and a half years old now and never says it, ever.

It's become quite the long standing joke around here, how his burgeoning vocabulary contains everything from "Jasmine" (one of the dogs) to "Ciao", but not "Mama". He even said "Bonjour" the other day. He can speak foreign languages, but not say "Mama."

I'm quite sure he does it deliberately, because he presses his lips together and grins when you ask him to say it. Even hint about Chris and it's a joyous "Dada!" But even hanging him upside down and feeding him to the dogs won't elicit a "Mama" out of him. (I know, I've tried.)

Until today, when Chris asked him to say it. He looked up, said "Mama" and immediately ran off to play in dirt.

The day is looking up.