Words he says lately:
"nike" = goodnight
"bess" = polar express
"baff" = bath
"gakes" = snowflakes
"ocks" = socks
"plate" = plane
"wuh-woose!!" = love you (my personal favorite!!)
"gweak" = drink
"bowks" = backwards
"awkwee-awkwee" = okey-dokey
"cuke" or "keeook" = cute
"utmore" = oatmeal
"snowman"
"mah-key" = monkey
"teck" = tuck me in
"anmals" = animals
"Awake!!" This word is used a lot, such as after pretending to be asleep, or it is used to wake up Mommy when she is trying to sleep (like when we are on a road trip, or when I am sleeping on the couch while he plays with Daddy), and is accompanied with hitting (we are working on that) or JUMPING on his mother. Good times.
His "L's" are now very pronounced - "bLocks," "play," "bLack," "bLLoons" (that means balloons)
Family names he says:
"Bapa" = Grandpa (his Grandpa Gibbons)
"Giki" = Jukie (his Grandma Gibbons)
"Anyan" = Annie
"Liz"
"Baba" or "Abby"
"Dosh" = Josh
"Nana" (his Grandma Boster)
"Benj" = Benjamin
"Becka" = Rebecca
"Jeaney" = Emma Jeane
"Magin" = Megan (he has only used this one once)
He is getting very good at colors and knows the following well:
red
orange
blue
black
pink
Cute things he says:
The other day I put on some hot pink fuzzy socks. He saw them and got all excited and said, "Pigs!!"
He refers to himself in the 3rd person quite often by saying "Bames" which is his way of saying James. It is quite hilarious, and darn cute. Some of my favorites are when he says he wants to do a certain activity, like playing in the snow, and then names off the names of who he wants to participate ("Play? No? Dada? Mama? Bames?") I will also often be cuddling with him, and I'll say something about him being my baby, to which he replies, "No, Bames!" or "Boy!"
Whenever I try to take a video of him, he stops doing whatever cute thing he was doing and instead says, "watch!" until I let him watch the video.
As previously posted, he is getting good at counting. My favorite is number seven ("sven").
Whenever I brush my hair, James says, "brush!" so I give him the brush and he brushes his own hair. Afterwards he looks in the mirror, smiles, and says, "Nice!!"
He LOVES animals, and was so excited the other night when we were outside and he saw a black cat in a neighbor's window. He walked right up to the window and stared at that cat for about fifteen minutes, saying, "Hi, Gack! Hi, Gack!" Cat is sometimes "Gack," "Cack," or (for some reason), "Sack."
When we built Dirk, James learned the word "Snowman." While building him, James started waving at him, saying, "Hi, man! Hi, man!" Since we finished building him and we had named him "Dirk," James loves to wave at him and say, "Hi, Dork! Hi, Dork!"
The other day, my friend Cheryl and her husband and baby daughter came to visit. While I was holding baby Amelia, James was a little suspicious. After they left, he came up to me with his arms outstretched and said, "Hold, Bames!!" I guess it was a little hard seeing his Mama hold another baby.
Some more great plurals he uses:
The other day James grabbed my floss and Jonathan's floss from our bathroom drawers (we had just been to the dentist so we had matching dental floss); he held one in each hand and said, "floss-floss!"
Sometimes before bed he likes to tuck in all his little stuffed animals on the rocking chair in his room. We covered them all with a blanket, he kissed them all, then said, "Fleeps!" "Fleep" means sleep, and there were many stuffed animals sleeping. Makes sense, right?
Great phrases he uses:
"sit, please!" (This is pretty monumental, because ever since he was really little he has used the word "Na" to mean "sit." Finally, about a week ago, he was frustrated because I was doing the dishes and just wanted me to play with him - finally he patted the floor next to him with his hand and said, "Sit, please!!"
"red tar" James LOVES getting red star stickers in nursery, and keeps them on his hand AS. LONG. AS. POSSIBLE. He gets very sad when he finally loses one. Amazingly, we have found quite a few red stars, days later, in random places around our house.
"done....away!" This is what he says after finishing a packet of fruit snacks - he then carries the wrapper over to the sink, opens the cupboard, and throws it away in the garbage. Good boy!
"zoom zoom zoom!" This is what his cars say lately.
"apple juice" I love it when he says this, he says it so cute. He sometimes also calls it "red juice" for some reason.
"nana's house" After going to Nana's house for Thanksgiving, this is one of James' new favorite phrases!!
"Giki's house" One of his very favorite places to go. This doesn't necessarily always mean "Jukie's house," but means the area in the family room of Jukie's house where all the fun toys are kept.
"out da door!" He said this ALL the time at Nana's house when he wanted to go outside to see the dog, or when he climbed out of his playard during nap time (EVERY DAY) and started banging on the door for someone to let him out!
"out-a-becka!" Aunt Rebecca took James outside to play, and when we dragged him inside for dinner he was NOT happy, and said this over and over until Rebecca took him back outside.
My FAVORITE phrase he uses:
"lick at dis!!" which means "look at this!" He just says it with such joy and enthusiasm. For example, he was playing in the dirt at Nana's house and got a little dirt on his finger - he held it up to show us and said, "Lick at dis!!" He was SO excited. I just love watching him discover the world. What a joy!
(And what's a post without a picture?? My awesome brother-in-law Benjamin took this cute picture of James while we were home for Thanksgiving. More Thanksgiving pictures to come!)
