Unexpected Phone Call

**Names have been changed to protect the innocent. (no, really!)

I was driving last night when my cell phone rang. The display came up as my friends Tim and Terry. So I answered it:

Me: "Hi there!"
Silence. Nothing. Then some sounds like the phone is being moved...
Me: "Hello?"
Kitchen noises in the background, more sounds like the someone changing their grip on the headset.
Me: "Tim, Terry?"
Baby talk comes in reply. Huh? No...
Me: "Jodi?" (their 1 year old daughter)
More cooing and baby talk noises.
Me: "Jodi, are you playing with the phone?"
More baby talk, than the sound of the phone being hit or dropped. I hang up and dial the number back.
Terry answers: "Hello?"
Me: "Was someone just playing with the phone?"
Terry, surprised, "Did she call you?"
Me: "Yep, thought we might have a conversation, but then she decided to bang or drop the phone instead."
Terry, laughing: "She dropped it."

They learn all too quickly...

Unexpected Phone Call

**Names have been changed to protect the innocent. (no, really!)

I was driving last night when my cell phone rang. The display came up as my friends Tim and Terry. So I answered it:

Me: "Hi there!"
Silence. Nothing. Then some sounds like the phone is being moved...
Me: "Hello?"
Kitchen noises in the background, more sounds like the someone changing their grip on the headset.
Me: "Tim, Terry?"
Baby talk comes in reply. Huh? No...
Me: "Jodi?" (their 1 year old daughter)
More cooing and baby talk noises.
Me: "Jodi, are you playing with the phone?"
More baby talk, than the sound of the phone being hit or dropped. I hang up and dial the number back.
Terry answers: "Hello?"
Me: "Was someone just playing with the phone?"
Terry, surprised, "Did she call you?"
Me: "Yep, thought we might have a conversation, but then she decided to bang or drop the phone instead."
Terry, laughing: "She dropped it."

They learn all too quickly...