I can't believe that I'm just now doing this, but it's time to chronicle your first words, since now your vocabulary is rapidly becoming to large to commit to memory.
Of course, you started out by saying "Mama." Everything was "Mama," even your Mama!
Then you said "Dada" once. You haven't said it since. Although, you seem to like saying "papa," except it's more like "papapapapa."
But, your first real word that you said and associated it to one thing only was "fish." But you said "ishhhhhhh." You said it when you saw pictures of fish or fish in the pond or a tank in a restaurant. But, then you gave up on saying "fish."
Then came the big developmental portion of your vocabulary. It began with "car." Except you said it as "acah." But we know what you mean! Since you say it when you play with a car, watch cars go by our house with your Grandmas and when you point to (selected) cars in parking lots. I think "acah" was your first official word that stuck.
After that it's been getting wordy in the Weinstein house. You have a specific word for "Preston," but it can't really be written using the English alphabet. It kind of sounds like "Psdfasskjlljkb." But it's consistently used when describing Preston. you now talk all the time. When you started walking, it was like your feet could finally run, so your mouth does too. When you walk around the house you love to say "ohhhhh" "ohhhhh."
You love bubbles. We blow bubbles in the backyard all the time. You know where the bubbles and the wand are kept. So, one day not too long ago, you watched your Mom put her contacts in and you pointed to the upturned contact on her finger and said "Bubble!"
Then "fish" came back, except now it's more like "fffffff." I know this means fish because you and I stood on our back porch, and you pointed to the fish food, said "fffffff" and got really happy when I got the fish food and we fed the "fffffff"s.
And now you can say "yes!" Except it's more like "Yettttttttthhhhhhhhhhshshshs," but, It's definitely an affirmative answer. It can often be provoked by asking if you want to go upstairs, or if you want a cookie.
Speaking of cookies, Mimi and Pops asked if you wanted a cookie and instead of saying "yetttttthhhhsshshs" you said "cooook eeee." So now you can say cookie too!
And you also know can say what noise a dog makes: "arf!" or is it "woof!" The word you say could be either, but it definitely refers to a dog. So that's good.
Getting you to talk on video is actually pretty challenging, since the second the camera starts rolling, you normally want to eat the camera, or see the other side of it. But, when you're on a roll, you're on a roll. Here's "a cah" and "arf!"
It's always been great talking to you, but the conversations (which started as rather one-sided) are now on their way to being full-fledged chats. You definitely understand a lot more than you can say (you know what to do when we say "high five," "bouncey bouncey," "bath time," "hug," "be nice," "food," "water," "ear," "nose," "belly button," "cat" and tons of other words), but your mind is working all the time on figuring out how to say these things. You mouth words when we're reading; I swear you're so close to saying "boat" the other night while reading your new favorite, "
The Going to Bed Book." I know soon enough you'll be saying complex sentences. But until you start talking back, we're going to cherish ever word. Even if your "Dada" has to be "Papapapa" for the time being.
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