Jamie was now 9 months old and had begun to crawl; the family was sat in the living room enjoying their family time together. For the past week it seemed Jamie was starting to try and say words so the family had been trying to get Jamie to try and say their name. For Danny it seemed like the family was having a contest on whose name Jamie would say first. Danny himself hadn't been trying to get Jamie to say his name; he figured Jamie would do it in his own time. Danny went into the kitchen to get himself a drink and spotted Jamie crawling after him. He bent down and picked Jamie up while saying "hey there kid what you doing?"

"Mmmm" replied Jamie while smiling up at Danny,

"Oh really, well that sounds like fun". Danny walked back into the living room intending on going back for his drink, but he didn't want to risk dropping Jamie or the drink.

Mary looked around at Danny and said "Danny would you take Jamie up to bed for me?"

"Sure thing mom" Danny was sure his mother knew his secret, that he secretly enjoyed putting Jamie to bed, even after Jamie had gone to sleep Danny would stay awhile and watch Jamie in his peaceful slumber. As Danny was turning towards the stairs Jamie tugged on his shirt.

"What is it kid?"

"Dwany" everyone in the room froze and turned to look at Danny and Jamie, Danny had his mouth open in disbelief and Jamie had a huge grin because he knew he had done something special.

"Did he just say what I think he said?" asked Frank,

"Well if you think that our son's first word was Danny then yes Frank dear he just said what you thought he said" replied Mary as she smiled, but she didn't look away from Jamie and Danny. Silence then followed for a little while but it was broken by…

"Dwany"

Danny shook himself out of his resolve and smiled at Jamie "way to go kid".

"Dwany! Dwany! Dwany!" chanted Jamie, it was like he wanted the whole family to know that he had said his eldest brother's name and it was no mistake.

"Ugh! Is that all he can say?" moaned Joe, he had so desperately wanted Jamie's first word to be his name and what made it worse was that Danny hadn't even been saying his name in front of Jamie for like ten times in a row.

"Dwany!"

"By the looks of things yes Joe 'Dwany' is all Jamie can say" replied Erin.

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Danny had then taken Jamie up to bed, as he settled Jamie down Jamie looked up at him and said "Dwany".

Danny smiled, "yes Jamie I heard you the first 50 times, but it doesn't mean I'm any less proud of you every time you say it".

"Dwany"

Danny laughed "it doesn't matter how many times you say it you are going to go to sleep soon Jamie".

"Dwany?" Jamie looked up at Danny, Danny sighed Jamie was already starting to perfect the puppy dog eyes look.

"Dwany"

"Jamie" said Danny while copying their mother's 'look', Jamie got the message and shut his eyes and for one last time murmured "Dwany". Which left Danny grinning like a Cheshire cat.