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Apr 6, 2009

Animals and Semi First Words

Brian just hasn't quite caught on to the whole saying understandable words yet, but he's making a little bit of progress. For awhile he's been saying da da for Dad, but just in this last week he has made a further attempt at more complicated vocabulary. Like most little kids, Brian loves animals and out of all things it is the animals that have inspired him to say two new words.



Last week I took him to the Aquarium which he LOVED. The whole time he held on to the little fish my parents had given him for his birthday. When I pointed to the real fish swimming around and said "fish" to him, he would point, smile and say "ish". . . his second word I actually understand.
I had a hard time getting pictures of him because I was either holding him or chasing him around as he crawled after other kids yelling gibberish at them.


The second semi understandable word he's attempted, occurred for the first time when he was swinging in his swing in the front yard and a nice black lab walked by. I said "do you see the dog? The dog says woof woof" and then out of no where he said "oofff oofffff." And there you have it, our little guy is talking.



Today I took Bri Guy to the zoo for the second time on my new yearly pass. We have such a great time when we go and it makes for a great day. He didn't say any words today at the zoo, but he loves looking at the animals so much I won't be surprised if his next word pops out the next time we're there.


3 comments:

Tiffany said...

We should meet up and go to the zoo or the aquarium sometime. I have my yearly pass to the aquarium, now I just need one for the zoo. I'm glad Brian is starting to talk. That's so fun!

Emily said...

Hey I recognize that hat! What a handsome kiddo. . .

I can't wait to go to the zoo with Bri and the kids this summer - I especially can't wait to hear him whip out "elephant", orangutan", "ocelot", and other such words (that I can barely spell).

Vivian said...

it happens so fast! then all of a sudden, he's a toddler... capture all you can. We love Brian!