Words

Sawyer didn't start really talking until he started preschool last fall - he was already 26 months. I even had him evaluated by a speech therapist when he turned two, who agreed that while he struggles with pronunciation he met the basic milestones of a 24 month old. That's not to say he isn't a genius in his own ways. He somehow knows which teachers are absent from school on any given day with a single glance at the parking lot - even though he never sees them entering or leaving their cars and he knows every turn we take on the way to any of our regular destinations. While his language skills have vastly improved over the past few months to the point where he and I can have complete and complex conversations, I still have to act as translator for most people and when he's tired or sick will revert to grunting and pointing like a Neanderthal. I chalk up much of this up to the whole boys are slower than girls thing, but we may end up in speech therapy yet.

So, it's a welcome change that at 15 months Arden already has more than 30 words and she's busting new ones out all the time. Here's a running list of some of the things I've heard her say:
Mama
Dada
Baby
Doggy
Bye
Hi
Shoe
Night Night
Outside
Please
Thank You
Bless You
I'm Gonna Get You
"Row Row Row . . . ."
More
All Done
Cracker
Bird
Tree
Flower
Milk
Water
Juice
Hungry
Dirty
Happy
NO!
Mine
Me
You
MMMMMwwwah!
(Okay, not sure that last one counts as a word but she blows kisses at anyone - even the cars we pass on the road!).