February 8, 2009

Abby's word explosion

Finally, Abby's vocabulary is starting to expand. Our kids seem to have an inordinate number in ear infections when they are infants/toddlers which has created speech delay. Abby is talking sooner than Silas, though, and she has some great new phrases.

She has started identifying each of us:
"Daddy"
"Mommy"
"Meema" (Emma)
"Iyraf" (Silas)
"Babby" (Abby)

She also has some new phrases:
"Mine eee Meema nak ebble" (I want to eat some of Emma's Fruity Pebbles)
"Daddy way ome?" (Is daddy on his way home?)
"Meema go cool, Iyraf go cool, mine no go cool...pway mommy day" (Emma and Silas are going to school...Abby is staying home to play with mommy)

Besides words and phrases, Abby has also taken up photography. I found that she loves my little digital camera and it will keep her happy when we are out somewhere and I need her to be patient (like waiting for Silas to finish speech therapy or at the grocery store). Here are a few of her recent photos: