Sunday November 21, 2004
I am almost afraid to write this because every other time I have gotten excited about his verbal development, he stops using the new words he has gained, but it seems different this tme. He has continued to use words for several days. In the past, he will use them for one day, and when he wakes up the next morning, nothing…but this time, they seem to be sticking around. I am actually thinking about working on potty training because it actually seems possible now. As cute as the diapers are, I am really ready to be done with dunking and washing them.
If our memory card would not have been full on our camera, we would have the cutest picture to share with you. We made pizza, and Zane got really excited, and I honestly think a part of his excitement was that he could say the word “pizza”. Two days ago he pronounced it “pee -ah”, and after mirroring back and forth a few (hundred) times, he began saying “pee_paa”, then pizza night, it got to the correct pronounciation and he walked around the house with an oven mit and the pizza wheel (dull, btw) proclaiming “PIZZA” the entire time it was baking. He was none too happy when we took it out of the oven and wouldn’t let him have a piece IMMEDIATLY. We put some in the fridge so it would cool down faster and he kept going back to the main pizza trying to get a slice even though it was too hot and was inconsolable until his slice was in front of him so he could eat. In between bites, he would occasionally pronounce “pizza’. It was fun.
my little one is not as old as yours but it’s such a great feeling when they learn a new word or phrase!
Your little sweetie was certainly excited about the pizza he had tonight! It was so adorable. He even ate 2 pieces, after he ate a little bit of salmon, a bite or 2 of steak and a little bit of vegetables. He certainly had a surprise when he took too large of a bite of gramma’s ice cream. Usually I only give him a tiny bit on the tip of the spoon, but tonight he scooped a big bunch and got it to his mouth before I could catch it. He spit it into my hand pretty quickly. I wonder if he had ‘brain freeze’. After a little while, he was quite happy to continue to eat ‘gramma sized’ little spoons.
My goodness but he has grown. Not only physically, but his social skills have really taken a jump in the past few weeks. He’s such a delight!
Thanks for sharing him with us!
Mom
P.S. I hope you enjoy the ‘new’ sound I taught him.. how the elephant sounds! He LOVED that! <grin>