Julie and Alex have both said their first words! 

 

Alex's first word is da-da, and yes, he says it whenever he sees Marc.  He can say da-dee as well, but I don't think he calls Marc that yet. 

 

Julie's first word is turtle!  Why turtle, you may ask?  We have several toy turtles, so she's heard the word many times and yesterday, she was pointing at a wooden turtle we got in the Galapagos.  I told her "turtle" and she repeated it.  We did that several times.  We weren't too sure if she was just imitating or if she was putting meaning to the word.  Today she pointed at the turtle and called it turtle on her own.