Nice topic Stephen. I never drill Ana Grey with words and I don't remember what her first words were. Although there is a post here somewhere saying what they were, I was so excited. She only talks in phrases. Never only one word, I guess because I don't talk that way to her. Sometimes we talk and whistle back and forth because she enjoys it, but these are words she already knows. My daughter has been trying to get her to say, "Hello gorgeous" but Ana Grey refuses to try and my grandson tries to get her to say "Gabriel is a genius" but she ignores these words. The phrases I love the most that she says is "I love you Booba"\." It it what I say to her each morning. The only person Ana Grey talks to besides me, is my oldest grandson, Anthony, because whenever he comes over he always gives her a pecan nut.