So as I sit here late at night, my favorite people all snugly in bed, there have been at least 2 times that Ella has sat up in bed ("bolt upright!") and started spewing out German. The first time it was a little surprising, and her German wasn't super-coherent, but it was definitely German.
The second time though, I heard her making sentences that I AM POSITIVE that she doesn't consciously know how to compose/pronounce. It was very natural sounding, and while I don't know exactly what she said, there was a long preamble that ended with "du has gehabt".
So anyway, I'm teetering on that edge of "dang, that was cool!" and "dang, that was creepy!" Maybe I've seen too many spooky movies.
She has always been drawn to languages though, and I see her absorbing. Definitely Maya too, but Ella seems (for now) more eager/confident to hack her way through talking with other people. Not long conversations, but definitely longer/more nuanced than my "Jah..." and "Danke" :)
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