[pn] first conversation!

[Mark Warschauer]

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My 8 1/2 month old son, Mikey, gave me a great Father's Day present 
on Sunday--our very first real conversation.  Oh, don't get me wrong, 
he's babbled lots of sounds before (including his first word, Da-da 
:-)), but this was the first sustained interaction in which I would 
say something, he would respond, I would reply, and on and on. 
Here's the unedited transcrip of our talk:

Mark:  Aaaaah!
Mike:  Aaaaah!
Mark: Aaaaah!
Mikey: Aaaah!
Mark: Aaaah!
Mikey: Aaaah! Aaaah!

OK, I have to admit, the vocabulary is a bit stilted, but to really 
have so much interaction, where I was talking to him and he was 
talking back to me, was simply marvelous!  I couldn't think of a 
better present in the world.

Here, by the way, are updated family photos: http://members.cox.net/michaelkai

Which reminds me.  I'm having so many darned problems with iPhoto. 
Any serious iPhoto users out there?  Mine crashes constantly :-( and 
I can't figure out how to fix it.

cheers,
Mark