Our man of many words...

I have read in different sources that a child seems to have a "language explosion" all of a sudden. Bear Cub has consistently learned new words and I'd say over the past month or two, his vocabulary has grown at a slow, yet steady pace. He would learn one new word every few days, and he may or may not say the complete form of it. Of course, we were thrilled with every new "word" that came out of him and always anxious to hear more. Well...the EXPLOSION has happened! WOW! I would say in the past 2 weeks his vocabulary has grown exponentially! He is constantly repeating new words and is starting to string 2 and even 3 words together now. Daddy Bear and I looked at each other several times over the weekend and said, "Did he just say what I think he said??!!" And sure enough, he would of. Here are just a few of the new things that he saying. Who knows what will come next? It's an awesome thing to hear your own child's voice and be able to honestly and easily communicate with him. And of course, he is just SO pleased with himself when we understand exactly what he is saying! Oh, happy days for us all!

• Hi (and bye) car wash! (ok...sounds like "Hi tar wa" when he says it, but it's so close!)


• Pull car back


• Car down slide ("tar dow sli")


• Big rock


• New rock Daddy (Daddy found him a new rock on one of our walks -- he loves rocks!)


• Russia Bear baby (sounds like "Ru Bear be-be" -- my Aunt Audrey sent him a wooden toy that has a bear on a rocket going to the moon -- from Russia, some 30 years ago. Bear Cub says Russia Bear baby because he knows that he was a baby in Russia.)


• Mama nice -- one of my favorites! :)


• Cool truck ("tool tru")


• Quiet Zoe! ("qui Zah" -- too funny....you know we must say that one a lot!)


• Shoes on and shoes off


• Throw ball and throw golf ball


• Baseball

So, there you go! I know there are more, but I think we've lost track of them at this point! Here are a couple of new pictures for you, too. Have a great week!!

Here he is...showing us "how strong" he is by lifting his toy fire truck. Daddy was so proud!

Just cracking himself up the other night in his high chair! He is a riot!