All the Words...

A list of all Dory's vocabulary as of late:

Dokey-dokey: Okey dokey

Noise

Youd: Loud

Yights: Lights

Nap

'Ice: Rice

Beez: Beans

Cahz: Cars

Guys

Boys

Toys! (always said with an exclamation point at the end; you can just tell)

'Kay: Okay

Sas: Salt

Sasa: Sausage

Books

Wead: Read

Horse

Doggie (also Puppy)

All done

Bye-bye

Hewoah: Hello

Monter: Monitor

Mommy/Mama

Daddy

Sit

Walk

Wok: Rock (this one you sometimes have to hear in a sentence- or at least a gesture)

Holt: Hold

Up

Dow: Down (and usually said "dow-dow-dow!")

Bookssss

Tabee: Table

Shing: Sing (usually song, usually Elmo's song)

Elmo

Doors

Dory! (again always said with an exclamation point)

Me (can mean her, but can mean "you"; another example of "could you use it in a sentence...?")

Houssh: House

Cow

Duck

Cat

Peggy: Penguin

Gam: her Gram (my mom; only said a couple times, but it was distinct!)

Bas: Bath

Watey: Water

Shoes

Shocks: Socks

Panss: Pants

Shirt

Head

Sholers: Shoulders

Knees

Toes

Paws (I might have made a mistake in referring to her hands as paws, as in "put that little paw in mine"...)

Eahs: Ears

Yes

And, of course, No, NOOOOO, No-No, and, just recently, Nope.

And that's all I can think of for now, at 11:30 at night. Her language expands so rapidly (daily) I realized if I didn't record it somewhere, we wouldn't have a way to remember her first real words, when she said them and the way she said them. And I expect there are a few long-distance friends and grandparents (and great-grand!) who might like a little list too...

And a cute story. We had a really busy day yesterday, playgroup in the morning, and then a visit to my parents after that. We played there for a couple of hours and suddenly Dory looked up, shook her hands (her sign for "all done"), and said "all done, bye-bye." And waved. Her grandparents (being easygoing people) were delighted and they burst out laughing. I packed us up, we got in the car, and within three minutes she was asleep. Isn't that amazing? Did she know she was ready for a nap? Could she tell she needed a break? Or was she just tired of her grandparents (just kidding Grandpa and Granny!). My instinct says, she was ready for a rest and she took good care of herself by letting us know. Just amazing.