The Boy Speaks

We ate dinner with family friends tonight, at their house. Grey was perched on a stool, above the table, drinking from a cup (not a sippy cup). He lifted his cup high and said, "All gone!" then tipped it over his head--spilling a lot of milk all over himself. So, not all gone, just all over Grey.

The look on his face was classic. No one was more surprised.

When Grey first started to talk, we taught him to say, "ta da!" when he was done with something. I've decided the only thing that would have made this pouring story even better was if he had said, "ta da!" instead of "all gone!"

We had a good laugh though, and Grey is fine. He was telling his knock-knock joke before dinner was done.

Grey's knock-knock joke:

Knock knock.

who's there?

nana.

banana who?

gibberish gibberish gibberish.

He cracks us up with that one every time.

We are still just cracking up that he talks so much. He has moved from saying "yeah" to yes/no questions (and saying nothing if his answer was no) to saying in a high-pitched voice, "I'ant moke," or, "I'ant home."*

He repeats everything we say, just about. Colors, objects, names, places. Some words are easier to understand than others. But really, I just find the whole process miraculous. He's so little, but he can tell us what he wants. He can say "pease!" and "sofff!" "go pay."*

Jane loves it, too. "He can talk now!" She says. She likes it best when he copies her.

Grey loves it when we understand him. We repeat his words back to him, and he always looks so pleased. This communication thing is all right with him.

Good night now. Or, in Grey's words, "ni-night." He's in the crib now, looking at Good Night Moon. He has to have a book or two in his bed, and he always looks at them before he goes to sleep. Nap or bedtime we leave him sitting in the crib, deedee on his shoulder, looking at books. Reading is a great way to end the day. I think I'll go read more or this now.

*I want milk. I want to go home. Soft (as in, be soft, don't hit. and then he rubs your face.) Go play.