On Talking

Alexys is hilarious. No really. She actually cracks me up on a daily basis.

Do you recall when she started to crawl? There wasn't really preceding steps - she didn't "learn" to crawl by scooching or moving towards toys or anything. She simply just crawled one day.

Walking was the same way. She didn't really have a "first step" or walking along furniture...there was no tricking Alexys into walking between things. She literally got up and walked. She didn't use furniture to get up and go. Nope - she waited until she could do it, got up and off she went.

Seems talking is going to be the same way. Alexys has a lot more words than she lets on - she's not one of those kids you can "make" say words. She won't repeat. She just stares at you. The words and phrases she HAS said are astounding (and these ones were clear as a bell) including:

• Wake up, Jeff (on time with the Wiggles). 
• All gone.
• 'magination (in tune with "Barney is a dinosaur from your imagination...")
• Banana.
• Oink, PU, and Moo Moo (in time with Old McDonald Had a Farm).
• More...but she says it kind of like Oliver "Please sir, I'd like some mah." 
• See ya. Bye. This is the most popular phrase. Lately she's taken to grabbing a basket, a "suitcase", etc and walking to the door and proclaiming see ya, bye. 
• Water. 
• Bubbles. 
• Nonno. Just once. When she REALLY wanted him to do something for her (push her in the wheel barrow).

There's so many more, but I just can't think right now. My favourite is all gone - she's said it a couple more times now, but to my mom she said it for the first time. And after she said it, she stared at my mom and sealed her lips tightly together, so to say - "Oh oh. You didn't just hear that outta my mouth. Oops." She will absolutely not repeat a word for you. It's 100% on her own terms.

She knows that it drives me crazy, I've decided...and she's such a little perfectionist. Nothing she has said has even been "wrong" except for "more." Everything else is 100% clear as a bell. She's a perfectionist. Perhaps worst then me. This kid may just take over the world one day. I have absolutely zero worry about her development in terms of talking...but she sure is taking her time and driving me nuts in the process. I love hearing her talk in "adult" English.

I think I love every stage of her life more than the last one. I'm pretty sure that ends right before the preteen stage though, right? :D

kortney elise xoxo