Words

Dear Addie,

I took you to the doctor on Monday.  Not only were you angry with me when I woke you up early, but you were really angry when I held you down to get four separate shots... The discussion of why we definitely decided to vaccinate you against all of the awful diseases is a different blog-post altogether...

Anyway, one of the questions that your doctor asked was about how many words you say.  You pretty much talk or babble all the time, so I wasn't sure.  Suffice to say, you're on top of the 10-15 words they expect... here are some:

Dog ("gook")
Cat ("dat")
Hot ("dot")
Bird (bur)
Cukoo (koo-koo)
What ("wha")
Where ("whe")
this ("dis")
that ("dat", but it is different from Cat- it has a softer T sound)
Owen (Oh-wah)
Brother (ba-ba)
Dada
Mama
Moo
Baa (sheep sound)
"SSSsssss" (Snake sound)
Oooh-ooh" (Monkey sound)
Roar (lion sound)
"Oof" (woof)
Cheese ("chis")
More ("moh")
"nah-nah" (when you want to nurse)
One-Two-Three (except it's oh-doo WHEE)
Elmo (em-oh)
Whoa!
Oh man.
Wow!
Ow...
Bye-Bye
Banana (Na-nah)
Thank you ("dah-doo")
Again ("NEE") (Not sure where that one came from, but you use it consistently when you want me to read a book again).

And so many more... you talk like crazy, and mostly you don't STOP talking.  I'm amazed, really, at your ability to speak.  CONSTANTLY.  Even in your sleep (which is adorable!).

So... keep talking.  'Cause you're rocking it :).

Love you sugar,
Mama