Birdie's First Sentence

As you know, Brigade, Birdie has been spouting new words right and left, and saying old words with increasing frequency (tonight, she proudly pointed to all the boats on the boat page in Things That Go: "Boat!" "Boat!" "Boat!". . .), but yesterday was a red letter day. Yesterday, Birdie strung two words together. In other words, Birdie spoke her first sentence! We were making our way out the door, and it seemed like Julie wasn't going because she was still gathering up her hat and arm warmers (when you live in Minnesota, your winter wear knows no bounds), so from the bottom of the stoop, Birdie looked back and said, "Bye-bye, Mommy!"