As I said before super old, but I thought someone may enjoy them.

It was a rainy afternoon when Charming watched her wife trying to teach their daughter how to talk through the cracked door. Snow was holding Emma and walking around the room.

"Okay Emma, let's see – can you say mama?" Snow glanced down at the blonde 11 month old baby girl in her arms. The baby was just looking back at her.

"So that's a no. What about dada?" Again, Emma gave her a blank stare. She was too busy trying to put her fingers in her mouth to pay her mother much attention.

Snow looked around the room trying to find something that she could let Emma touch and something easy to say; maybe that would trigger her talking. Walking over to a stuffed animal of a dog that Emma's godmother Red gave her, Snow handed it to Emma.

"This is," she pointed to the toy that Emma was now holding, "a dog. Can you say dog?" Emma smiled and dropped the stuff animal to the floor.

Snow, feeling herself getting a little frustrated, sat in the chair with Emma in her lap.

"Emma, I know you can do this. We do this every day. Doesn't anything sound appealing to you?" She sighed and pushed a strand of her blonde curl out of the baby's face. Emma didn't seem to notice because she was gripping a clump of her light blue dress in her hand.

"Maybe you should give it a break for the day Snow." Charming walked in and picked up Emma. "Isn't that right Emma? You're ready for your nap aren't you?"

"NO!"

Snow mouth fell to the ground. Her baby, her little girl, said her first word! Emma actually said a word! After months of practice, she finally said a real word. Sure it wasn't the most ideal, but that didn't matter.

Charming smiled down at the little blonde in his arms. "If I didn't know any better, I would say that this is the start of the terrible twos a year early." He looked quickly to Snow and they share a proud grin then returned their attention back to their daughter.

"Oh but Emma you love naps don't you?"

"No," but Charming and Snow could see her eye drooping lower and lower by the second.

After a few laps around the room in her father arms, Emma was asleep with her head lying against Charming's chest.

He lightly placed his daughter in her crib and kissed her head. "I told you, you liked naps. You should listen to me more often." He smiled and turned to his wife.

Snow was standing beside him and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Our daughter said her first word! And 'no' of all things! I blame you. That stubbornness she has comes from you."

"Me!? Snow, I think we are both at fault for that."

"Yes, I guess you're right. She truly going to be a challenge in a few years."

"Well, we are in this together." They shared a loving look and quietly walked out of the room.

Apparently I didn't finish her first ball chapter yet. If I have time in the next few days then I'll finish it up.

Thanks for reading guys!