Learning to Talk

Ainsley is at the stage, where every few days, she is able to speak a new word.  Most of the time  I think she has been practising how to say the word for some time and we finally understand what she has been trying to say.  For example, for some time she has been saying some word that sounds like Honey to me but a few weeks ago I finally figured out she is saying Connie (our daycare lady).  Wow, was she excited and now Connie is a main word in our home.  Practice, practice, practice.  Now, she can say many of the kids names @ daycare and more importantly we know what she is saying.

A few weeks ago, Ainsley and I were playing on the floor and I said 1-2-3!  She decided that would be fun to practice so needless to say we practice this everyday.  She practices when she is running around the table or down the hallway, jumping off the stool, or chasing the dog.  The video is a good example.  It makes me laugh how she says 1 with the hand motions.

Another of her favorite words right now is BIRTHDAY which I think is quite a big word.  We were making zucchini muffins the other morning and she kept pointing to the pictures of the muffins and saying birthday.  I continued to try and convince her they were muffins but she was having none of it, they were birthdays.  Kasey's mom later pointed out to me they look like cupcakes.  Ah, don't I feel silly.  Since then, all muffins or cakes in our house are Birthdays!  It really is more fun to eat them with that name.

Ainsley's vocabulary now includes mine, more, night night, Leah (who is Connie's dog), Ajax will always be doggy,  open (which sounds like up on), cut, outside, horsey, commands to Ajax, with hand motions of course, like down, stay and no.  Yes, not used often enough, excuse me, please and working on thanks.  She is really putting words together into sentences that are almost understandable and I am excited to hear about what she is telling me.