Esme's Words

I wanted to capture some more of Esme's vocabulary at this stage, mostly for my own benefit. (For the rest of you, there are some cute pictures from the last three months or so, which is the period when her speech really started to take off.) This won't be an exhaustive list, I'm sure, but at least I can get down some of the frequent and/or memorable words and phrases.

blankie = "gankie"

baby

cute = "coo"

bok-bok (the sound a chicken makes) = "ba-ba"

Mommy, Mom, Mama

Daddy (or sometimes "Maddy")

Meg = "May" (I think sometimes she also uses this sound for Matthew's name)

me (This is a brand new one--she identified the pictures in this post as "Dah me?")

I want

I don't want any

excuse (she's supposed to say this before leaving the table) = "cooz"

one more = "muh muh"

that = "dah"

no

yes = "yet"

my, mine

dress = "dess"

bottle = "botty"

What are we doing now, Mom? = "Wa-wa do now, Mom?"

shoe

sock = "da"

diaper = "buh-buh"

play = "pay"

I don't know = "dun no!"

keys

home = "hone" (She is constantly asking, "Daddy hone?" Sweet.)

cracker (or cookie, or rice cake, or granola bar) = "kah-kah"

snack = "na"

please = "pea"

thank you = "ga gee" or "tank ee"

vitamin = "bi-min" (short i sound)

bed

night-night = "nie-nie"

down

hi

bye-bye

go

potty

kiss = "muh"

hug = "huh"

cake (or muffin) = "cay"

spoon (or fork) = "poo"

Dora = "Do-ah"

Boots = "Buts"

Elmo = "Melmo"

Word World = "Wuh-Wuh"

amen

hot

ow, owie

hand = "han"

now

Nana (also what she calls Aunt Lena, and sometimes Grandpop)

read = "wee"

God = "Gah" (She's always pointing to people in our picture Bible and saying, "Dat Gah? Dat Gah?")

Bible = "Bie-buh"

all = "ah" (When we say the Pledge of Allegiance each morning, she always chimes in for the final word.)

outside = "die"

come on = "mon!"

doggie = "goggie"

glasses = "ga-ga"

nose = "no"

phone

pony tail = "puh-puh"

This is our third time watching the miracle of speech development, and I have to say, it is no less fun and delightful to Dave and me than it was with Meg or Matthew. Mmm, how can I treasure these precious baby days enough? It's just not possible!!!

PS: We love her curls.