Jibber Jabber

Colby's 'jibber jabber' is becoming more frequent these days. He look out the windows and talks to the people down below as they pass, and he turns to us and tells us about the people he sees. He also likes to tell us about his day when we've been away.

But it's the fact that we can sometimes understand what he is actually trying to say that amazes me. It's not so much the words but the inflections. When asking a question, you can tell its a question; and when he's frustrated, well... that's a no brainer.

His vocabulary is growing, too. 'Joose' was probably one of his first words. When he's thirsty, he goes into the kitchen, points to the cabinet where his sippy-cups are kept and says 'Joose.' He loves his apple juice.

He can also respond, 'yeah' and 'no' are of course the easy ones.

'Do you want to eat?'

'Yeah,' as he runs to his highchair when he's hungry.

'Where's your shoes?' and he'll start looking around for them, bringing us a mismatched pair one at a time.

And when he wants to go somewhere, he brings us his and/or our shoes. When we put his shoes on him, he runs to the front door and waits impatiently for us to go.

We were going to run errands the other day so I put his shoes on him. He then ran into his bedroom and came out wearing a hat! He doesn't really like wearing hats, but he knows that is a part of the going out routine. As soon as we get in the car, the hat comes off; and its a challenge to keep it on when we are out and about.

This morning, he is particularly vocal; running around and practicing all of the sounds he can possibly make.