Ena has been more vocal over the last week. She has started making more (happy) yelling noises, saying something that sounds a lot like hi, and just kind of babbling at things. By far her favourite new activity, however, is coughing. It isn't really a cough that she is producing, but I can't think of a better word to describe what she has been doing. To get our attention, she makes this eh, or heh sound in the back of her throat (her Auntie Lorna, I'm sure, could provide us with a more technical linguistic description). It's very much about communicating. She will look directly at us, often at our mouths or eyes, and then make the sound. The fun part begins when we mimic her. She coughs, then I cough the same pattern, then she coughs, then I cough and on it goes. It quite delights her. She is so funny. E and I have spent a lot of time laughing with her this week. Lovely.
