Talker

Jackson's vocabulary has exploded the past two weeks, right about when he turned 20 months. He is saying tons of things and even short sentences. He calls himself Jack Jack now, and says phrases like "go-way" (go away), "Mommy hep" (help), "Daddy wok" (Daddy's at work), "Day-dee oom" (Katie's room), and "sit down." (He says that as he's doing something he's not supposed to, like standing in a chair.) He also says "Ah-me" (amen) when we say grace at the dinner table.

The best was this morning, as I was changing a dirty diaper. He said "poopy" and I replied by saying, "Yes, you have a poopy diaper. Mommy will fix it. Say 'thank you Mommy.'" And he actually did the sign language for thank you. Imagine that! Getting a "thank you" for doing the dirtiest part of my job. It made my day.