'Mmmbwa!'

Last weekend, the first weekend that my parents and a friend were here on a visit, we went up to Lake Naivasha, about a 1 1/2 hour drive north of Nairobi. While there, Lexi discovered her latest favorite word: mmmbwa. Well, I would spell it mbois. I think it's a combination of the little bit of French she's learned from us (occasionally she gets a lesson from a French/English picture book in place of a bedtime story) and the Kiswahili she has learned from Jane. The "m-b" sound at the beginning is a typical Kiswahili sound, and the "wah" sound (oi in French) at the end is a typical French sound. She said this word a lot and repeated it whenever I said it back to her.

We decided that yesterday, the first day of May, Lexi was officially crawling. It's not graceful movements or anything totally coordinated, but it's happening slowly. She must have decided at the beginning of the month to start something new. We're so proud of her!