Explosion of Words!

Janen's speech is growing at a rapid rate! It has been so fun to talk with her and see her little lips form around new words. Last night, I wrote a list of all the things she can say and counted over 60 words! 60! I was not expecting that at all, but we are having so much fun teaching her new words and love that she is having an easier time telling us what she wants.

Here is a list of all the words/phrases she says almost perfectly.

1. Mama
2. Mom
3. Da-Da
4. Dad
5. Daddy
6. Hi
7. Hi there
8. Hey
9. Whoa
10. Wow
11. Uh-oh
12. Bumbo
13. Good
14. Girl 
15. Good Girl
16. No
17. Down
18. Night-night
19. Ball
20. Car
21. Cookie
22. Shoe (she says it just like the magic eraser commercial "Shoue"
23. Purple
24. diaper
25. doctor
26. sit
27. coat
28. that
29. hand
30. pa-pa (for grandpa, although she has said ga-pa before)
31. bubble
32. cold
33. Bye-Bye
34. down

Here's a list of words she says, but can't pronounce perfectly, but knows what the word is associated with.

1. eat "eah"
2. hug "huuh"
3. baby "buh-by"
4. doggy "dawee"
5. nose "no"
6. water "wa-wa"
7. thank you "tha-oo"
8. outside "side"
9. snacks "snaa"
10. milk "ma-uh"
11. mickey mouse "ma-mou"
12. walk "wa-uh"
13. bunny "buh-ee"
14. bug "bow"
15. dance "dah"
16. home "hom" 
17. tickle "ckle" (literally she says the last part of the word)
18. pants "pant"
19. bear "bow-uh"
20. bath "bat"
21. duckie "duh-ee
22. ravioli "rah-rah"
23. up "uh"
24. silly "sy-uh"
25. pray "prah"
26. amen "men"
27. hot "hoh"
28. banana "na-na"

I always knew Janen was a little smartie, but she also just loves to talk. I've also noticed this past month how much of a little girl she really is. She loves shoes and jewelry and gets concerned when she sees someone crying or upset. She is polite and waits for someone to share a toy with her rather then snatching it out of their hands. She is learning to run and loves to go up and down the stairs when we hold her hand. She learned a couple weeks ago how to go down the one step off the front porch, but recently fell and is now afraid to do it on her own so she always looks for our hand. She loves to be read to and sometimes out of nowhere she'll just crawl onto the couch and snuggle into the side of us and lay down. I love it. Her favorite place to be is outside so we've been going out 2 or 3 times a day when the weather is nice. I must admit, I've enjoyed it to. I am ready for some more sun. Janen loves her daddy and gets so excited when he's home. Whenever we say family prayer she switches back and forth between us and also does this when we snuggle in bed with her. It's like she doesn't want either of us to feel un-loved so she tries to give us equal attention. She does this with her stuffed animals too, it's so sweet. I love my little girl and I am so excited for her to speak in complete sentences some day and to learn how to read. Being a mom is such a beautiful thing!