comprehension

today the lumster is 10 months old.  and tonight was the first time she clearly understood something i was saying.  they have been times when she could have understood something i said but it also could have been just that she guessed what to do, like for instance when i'm dressing her and say something like "now let's put the other arm through the sleeve" but today i was holding her and playing with her and i said 'look at the sofa' and i didn't point or anything and she turned her head and looked directly at the sofa.

just...amazing.  months and months of one-sided conversations, talking to this little person and knowing that eventually she would figure out that i was saying words, and that those words would eventually make sense to her, but still it was mind-blowing to see it happen.