After 16 months of my growling and pretending to eat Elliot’s finger whenever he puts it into the mouth of something, Elliot is making these sounds on his own. It started a few weeks ago when he was in Maine. Now he does it all the time. He puts his finger into the mouth of a toy or stuffy or even me, and says

“Rah rah rah rah rah rah !!!”

Tonight, in my closet, I was changing into pajamas from a wet bathing suit (we had so much fun at Normandy Pool, and Max was tortured by an 8-year old named Olivia!)

I was naked. Elliot came to me, and I thought he was going to put his finger into my belly button — which then causes me to emit a fake laugh, and he loves it. Well, no, he touched my penis and said, “Rah rah rah rah rah rah !!!” then laughed and giggled his head off.