Some of Griffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s latest words (in no particular order)<\/p>\n
Moon<\/strong>. Griffin LOVES the moon. He looks for it every time he goes outside, and he often finds it. He even found it trying to shine through the snowy sky last night as we were taking a walk, and the look on his face when I saw it, too, was priceless.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tar.<\/strong> Actually \u00e2\u20ac\u0153star.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d We have a wooden star that we took out for the holidays that he loves seeing lit up, and now he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pointing out stars at night, too.<\/p>\n Bay.<\/strong> Translated into \u00e2\u20ac\u0153play.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d As in, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be changing my diaper right now, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to BAY!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Reeeeee!<\/strong> READ! We do so very much reading. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of Griffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorite activities.<\/p>\n Bup-eee.<\/strong> Puppy. One of Griffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorite stuffed animals right now is a giant one-eared yellow lab who used to be in my classroom. I brought the dog home to pillage him for stuffing sewing projects (cruel, I know), and Griffin found him and fell in love with him. So he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little skinny and has a missing ear, and that makes Griffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s love for him all the more adorable. Lately, Puppy has wanted to wear a diaper (Griffin hands Puppy to me and signs \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcchange diaper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) and go pee-pee on Griffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s potty.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping Puppy will teach Griffin to go pee-pee on the potty so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to.<\/p>\n Ball.<\/strong> Oh my goodness, Griffin can spot a ball from a mile away.<\/p>\n Ahh-wer.<\/strong> Water. Used to be ahh-wah, which sure did sound like \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcagua.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Not sure where he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s picking up the Spanish, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take it.<\/p>\n Cookie.<\/strong> Of course, he had this one down after the first cookie he ever ate. Go figure.<\/p>\n Bye-bye!<\/strong><\/p>\n Un-two-fee-four.<\/strong> Counting! He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a genius! Nah, but it is cool that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s getting the hang of it, and every once in a while he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have two things and he excitedly say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Twoooooo!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Eh-bow.<\/strong> Elbow. He likes pointing out body parts and elbow stuck for some reason.<\/p>\n Paare, Ap-pul, Nana.<\/strong> Pear, apple, banana, three of his favorite fruits.<\/p>\n Irk-le.<\/strong> Circle. To our surprise, he can identify a circle, square, oval, rectangle, star, crescent (moon), and triangle! It must be all of the reeeeeeeee-ing we do!<\/p>\n His language and communication is developing rapidly and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so cool to see the expression on his face when we acknowledge we understand what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s saying. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also trying to use that communication to figure out the world. He likes to point out body parts and show that each of us has them. For example, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll point to his ears and then say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mama\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and point to my ears. The other day, we were taking a bath together and he pointed at my breast. I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Those are Mama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breasts. They used to make milk for you when you were a baby. But the milk is all gone!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He seemed to think about it, signed \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmilk all gone.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Later when we were downstairs in the kitchen, he pointed at my breast again (I was fully clothed this time, just to be clear) and said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mama!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and signed \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmilk all gone.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes! Mama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s milk is all gone!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Then he pointed at the refrigerator and signed \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmilk.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s milk in the refrigerator.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Then he pointed to the refrigerator and signed \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmilk all gone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 with a questioning look on his face. And I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nope! The milk in the refrigerator is still there!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d At which point he looked rather relieved. Then just to be sure, he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ba-ba bye-bye?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (we made him give up bottles cold turkey over a week ago), and I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes, ba-bas are bye-bye, but you can still have milk in a cup!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d More relief.<\/p>\n This kiddo is getting more and more fun with each passing day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some of Griffin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s latest words (in no particular order) Moon. Griffin LOVES the moon. He looks for it every time he goes outside, and he often finds it. He even found it trying to shine through the snowy sky last night as we were taking a walk, and the look on his face when I … Continue reading Latest Words<\/span>