our parrot.

Very recently, maybe just over the last week, Violet has begun repeating much of what we say and going from maybe 5 words (mama, dada, hi, bye, ball [pronounced "bye"]), to maybe 10 or 15. Kids are fascinating to me. Watching her learn is amazing. I'm not saying she's a genius or about to tell you the words she's saying to be showy. I'm sure every parent has been amazed as their baby transforms from a cuddly little cherub to a walking, talking, busy little one-man-show! I want to post these things here almost as one would in a baby book. Just because I never want to forget them. I hope as she becomes more active and her speech improves that I post lots of the funny things she says and does so we always remember.

This morning she smacked me in play and I said "Ouch!". Instantaneously, she replied, "Ouch", clear as day, though I'd never heard her say it before.

We have enchiladas at least once a week around here. When I served them a few days ago she began repeating, "La-da!", over and over. Dru's parents were here for that so over the next couple of days Sally would prompt V saying, "en-cha...!" to which Violet would enthusiastically reply, "LA-DA!". Super cute hearing the two of them go back and forth like this.

We've gone over animal sounds just from reading books or whatever. A couple weeks ago she started saying "Neh" for "what a horse says". But then yesterday I mentioned a sheep while speaking to someone else. V looked at me with a big smile and said, "Beh!" Ha! So fun! So I asked her what a cow says, and what a goat says, and what a horse says to which she at least replied the correct consonant sound. It's just cool to see her making the connections now.