Austin Update

I remember writing down all the words Rexford used to say when he first started talking and I thought it was time to do that for Austin too. Austin has been saying words here and there for awhile but in the last two months his vocabulary has exploded. I didn't realize how many things he could say until I wrote them all down the other day and saw that he says over 100 words. He has started to put words together too like "all aboard," "watch Huckle," "bye bye Aly" and "Daddy mow." Everyday he says a new word and it's fun to see him so happy when we understand what he tells us. He also loves to make animal noises (cow, elephant, monkey, snake, lion, pig, etc) and when I put him down for bed he always says "meow." I say, "are you a cat?" and he laughs and says, "no mommy!" Then he makes a dog noise and I say "are you a dog" and he says, "no mommy!" He said "i love you" last night for the first time when I was singing him a song in the rocking chair! So sweet :)

So for record keeping purposes for Austin when he's older, here are all the words you were saying in September 2010:

ding-dong

help

happy

please

eww!

bye ___

Mommy help

choo choo

Yummy

hot dog

George (Curious)

backpack

oh no

show

pillow

Word World

uh oh

hammer

saw

football

egg

school

tub

no Mommy!

hat

bug

stuck

Wowakka (Mousekabunga)

hand

Pete

Todd

sock

eye

snack

shoe

Mickey (sounds like Minnie)

nose

towel (howel :) )

e-i-e-i-o

moon

book

banana

Bob

sun

meow

ball

boat

yo-yo

boots

crab (hab)

stool

apple

yep

door

boo boo

Woody (Toy Story)

Mommy

Ramone(mamone)

beep

Daddy

poo poo

pee

baby

bath

duck

mow

quack

wet

bubble

mine

Elmo (Melmo)

tickle

Abby

Yum! (for Cookie Monster)

Huckle

Mario (Wario)

Kachow (Lightning McQueen)

bobo (brother)

bebe (blanky)

eat

empty

open

up

down

milk

weee!

yee-haw

more

Papa

Aly

that

Nahna (Christina)

Grandma

yeah

no

bus

woo woo (fire truck)

moo

hi

hello

ok

mumu (shamu)

Aquatica (Aca-i-ca)

done

out

where

what

wheel

All aboard!

hot

whale

juice

cheese

Shannon

Wally

Wayne

tube

blue

ball

why

cookie

Austin is growing so fast- he's a climber and loves to jump off of things. He loves to play with Rexford. He loves his blanky and he loves fruit - apples, plums, nectarines, grapes, etc. He loves to play outside and is really into lawn mowers and lawn equipment. He also likes to watch fire trucks, trains, airplanes, motorcycles, and helicopters. Sometimes he gets shy and will pretend he's sleeping. He squints his eyes and pretends to snore :) He's funny and sweet and we love him. I can't believe he'll be 2 next month!