Sophie's First Word in German

As many of you know, I try to speak German as much as possible with Sophie. Just how much depends on lots of things, but I would guess I do so between 50-75% of the time, which will hopefully be enough for her to pick it up. By now, she's supposed to have long mastered all the sounds of both of her native languages (even if she can't produce all of them yet due to a lack of teeth).

Well, last night she said her first legitimately only-German word (I'm not counting "mama," since it's also English). Last night after dinner, though, she was pointing at books to get me to read to her (which she loves). I said "Buch," the German word for "book," and she reproduced it twice, nailing the "ch" sound perfectly each time. An obviously delightful moment for her German and lit. prof. daddy!