Cillian has been talking a whole lot more recently. Mostly his lingo consists of made-up gobbledegook that greatly resembles that of the Ewoks from Star Wars. Sometimes I could have sworn I've heard hints of what sounds like Korean. I've been trying to keep up with all of the new words he is learning, having begun a list in late September adding up to nearly thirty words, I believe.
But now, he is such a mimic that he is capable of repeating much, much more. He seems to be retaining some favorites though...
Here are mine.
His new one is "Peat?" (please) and I love it because it always sounds like a little question.
He calls nearly every animal a puppy. When we're at the grocery store, we like to take him to look at the fish. "What do you see, Cillian? Are those fish? Can you say fish?" "Puppyyyyy!!!!"
About forty percent of the time, when learning a new word, Cillian will come out with it backwards. So, sometimes I have to mentally reverse whatever he is saying to see if it makes any more sense to me... I have a verbally dyslexic child.
Another one of my favorites is when I'm doing laundry and he helps me out by (very usefully) opening and closing the dryer door. When the dryer is empty enough of clothes to make an echo, he'll poke his head in and shout, "Echo! Echo!!!" (which comes out sounding more like, "Ahcowww!!")
I think my absolute favorite might be the way he says "ok." It sounds like "ah-kee." After we're finished wiping him down from the mess of eating a meal, we get him down from his high chair and tell him, "Ok, go!" And he'll run away yelling, "aah-kee go! ah-kee go!!"
He's beginning to put two words together now. So, as his vocabulary expands, I'm sure we'll be seeing more conversational elements to his talking. I love this. Sometimes Caleb and I just die laughing at the things he comes up with. I wonder how much we'll be laughing when he's actually coming up with ideas of his own later on.
My mom kept note (as much as possible) of what my siblings and I said when we were little, and reading it now hardly ever gets old. I hope I'm able to do the same. I don't ever want to forget this.
We're living "the young years" and I love this time. It's difficult at times, but greatly outweighed by cuteness, laughter, and a plethora of chubby cheeks.
Here's the Quote of the Day... I really believe this one with all my heart.
"The soul is healed by being with children." ~ English Proverb
