The last of the vocab update...

It is with glee that I tell you, this is the last time I will do a vocabulary update, the list is just getting too long and I can't keep track of all of the words. What a smarty-pants we have on our hands.

Words
Ball -"alllll"
Duck - "du"
Hat - "at" while patting head
Hi - "hi"
Uh Oh - "uh oh"
Daddy - "daddy"
Peas - "eeeez"
Cheese - "cheeez"
More - "more"
Frog - "og"
Dog - "dawww"
Socks - "aaacs"
Diaper - "dada"
Fish - "ishy"
Water - "ah er" while pointing to cheek
Cookie - "cookie"
Broccoli - "acklli"
Keys - "eeeys"
Banana - "dada"
Apple - "ahh" (we are still working on the second syllable)
No - "doe, doe, doe"
Daddy - "daddy"
Up - "up"
Down - "dow"
Please - "eez"
All Done - "aww don"
Mama - FINALLY!
Help - "howwa"
Shoes - "oooze"
Mine - UNFORTUNATELY
Water - "wawa"
Potty - "pady"
Poop - "poop"
Strawberry - "awb by"
Blackberry - "bac by"
Walk - "alc"
Outside - "ow si"
Owie - "owie"
Elmo - "emo"
Cracker - "rackr"
Bye - Bye - "bye - bye"
Baby - "baba"
Baseball - "baybal"
Please - "peace"


Sounds
Moo (cow)
Woof (dog)
Roar Roar (lion)
Vrroooom (car)
Ooh Ooh Aah Aah (monkey)
Meow (cat)
Roar (tiger)
Hop Hop (bunny)
Baaaa (sheep)
Grrrrr (bear)
Owwwww (wolf)
Baaaa (goat)
peep peep (bird)
cock (rooster)
who who (owl)
ssss (snake)
ack ack (duck)

and get this...
He pounds on his chest when asked what a gorilla says!

Another weekend behind us...

We had another busy weekend, but a nice one since Ron was home on Saturday, and I was off on Monday. It was so very nice to be able to spend a good chunk of time together as a family. On Friday night we had Russ, Heather and Grayson over for a little play date. Once we got the boys to sleep, the adults had some time for conversation. Saturday started with a trip to the Minneapolis Farmer's Market for some tasty food purchases, and a trip to a local park for some free-play time.

Saturday afternoon Ron and I helped my Dad put a railing up around his deck, while Jackson slept soundly. After that, it was off to Como Zoo to see the animals. Jackson roared with the lions, and was amazed to see the three giraffes (his favorite animal, as of late).

Sunday, the three of us took a bike ride to meet up with my Dad's family for breakfast. Jackson seemed to have a good time riding in the go-bug, and managed to fall asleep on the way home. Sunday afternoon we spent some time with family at my Mom's, barbecuing up some pork chops, hamburgers, and dogs. We were in the garage chowing down when the tornado sirens started up. It's a whole new ball game when there is precious new cargo in the family. Just 15 miles north of where we were, a two year old boy was killed in the tornado, an awful sad news item to learn about that evening.

Monday morning brought us to another local park, where Jackson had a blast going down the slide all on his own. And after nap we piled in the car, picked up my mom, and headed north to Fawn Doe Rosa. Jackson "baaaa-ed" with the goats and got a kick out the elk.

What a great way to spend the weekend. I just love getting Jackson out in the world to see how he reacts to all the new things.

Keeping tabs on vocabulary...

From another blog I read, the author was asked at her son's 15 month appointment how many words he knew. She started counting on her fingers and came up with a number, the doctor was quite surprised by his underperformance and discussed with her some speech therapy options. When she returned home, she realized that her son was capable of so much more than she gave him credit for.

I started to think what words Jackson knew and decided to start recording them:

Words
Ball -"alllll"
Duck - "du"
Hat - "at" while patting head
Hi - "hi"
Uh Oh - "uh oh"
Daddy - "daddy"
Peas - "eeeez"
Cheese - "cheeez"
More - "more"
Frog - "og"
Dog - "dawww"
Socks - "aaacs"
Diaper - "dada"
Fish - "ishy"

Signs
Hat
More
Milk
Play
All Done
Bye Bye
Sleep
Eat
Bath

Sounds
Moo (cow)
Woof (dog)
Roar Roar (lion)
Vrroooom (car)

Let's play animal sounds together...

Jackson is starting to learn his animal sounds. So far he's gotten these down:

Mama/Daddy: "What does a cow say?"
Jackson: "Boooooo"

Mama/Daddy: "What does a dog say?"
Jackson: "Wufff"

Mama/Daddy: "What does a lion say?"
Jackson: "Roooar, ra"

We are trying to work on cat next, but he isn't catching on.