1-2-1-4...

He has been cracking me up lately as his personality really starts to blossom.  He's got several different kinds of laughs, depending on the situation, such as an almost adult-like polite conversation laugh, an easy-going "cool guy" laugh, and a high-pitched staccato hyena laugh, along with the usual suspects.  He knows just when to use them, talk with his hands, give you a serious look, make a funny face, etc.


Not sure where he picked up this "hi-ya" to go with his kicks, but it's pretty entertaining.

He's also learning to count.  I had no idea that he could count up to 10, if you help him get past "three".  I just thought he was stuck on "one, two, one, two."  I guess "three" is hard to say, although we've gotten "twee" out of him a few times.

Which brings me to some of my favorite phrases that I want to jot down before I forget this adorable mimicking period.  He really picks up a lot of words now, but the best ones have toddler phonics, especially if an R is involved.

• "eh-mo teewee?" - multi-daily request for me to turn on the TV so he can watch Elmo on Sesame Street.  We still try to minimize his TV time, because he turns into such a little couch potato!
• "jaff" - giraffe
• "poose" - octopus
• "potamus" - hippo
• "ostirch" - ostrich
• "bana" - banana
• "qui-qui" - kiwi
• "noonles" - noodles
• "ahlo" - yellow
• "geen" - green
• "wed" - red
• "purpo" - purple
• "bagoh"- bagel
• "circo" - circle
• "ceweal" - cereal
• "gugurch" - yogurt
• "anshtairs" - downstairs 
• "what doing dada/mama/cars?" - conversation starter