~Lyssa Lou Learns to Talk~

Recently Lyssa had the undivided attention of her daddy while taking a trip to Idaho.  She had almost constant face time and she drank it all up.  Before she left she had 4 or 5 words down, one of which she invented: beebaah (Lyssa language for ball).  She came home a new little girl, telling me what a horse, a cow, and a cat says.  I was impressed!  

Since then her language skills have really taken off.  I think she finally decided to join in on all the conversation between the gabbing faces she sees all day. (Yes, I fully admit that Alec and I are both big talking heads.) 

Here is an incomplete list of the little lady's words:

Baah (sheep)

Mooo (cow)

Neigh (horse)

Woof (dog)

Meow (cat)

duk duk (duck)

twee twee (bird)

oohoohahah (monkey)

Daddy

Mommy

Alec

Lyssa

cow

ball

duce (juice... which apparently also means milk sometimes...)

milt (milk)

bike

book

cheese

moe (more)

Sally (as in Ms. Sally from Cars)

Natalie

Isaac

Maddie

Mike

figgy (fishy)

teeth

hi

hey

no

yeah (surprisingly I hear this one a lot)

bye bye

appy (happy)

babble (bubbles)

bebe (baby)

go

weing (swing)

Lello (yellow)

Peeyou! (as in stinky!)

Dat? (that?)

Aigait! (I got it)

Oh no! (in the most serious of tones over and over again... She skinned her knee a few weeks ago, but seemed to forget about it every day... kind of like Dori on Finding Nemo.   Every time she would rediscover the wound she would sing this over and over in a very dramatic voice for 5 minutes...)

The list could probably go on, as she seems to be picking up new words every day.  Alec was a big talker early on but I just figured Lyssa would take her own time figuring it out, especially with an older brother always willing and ready to talk for her.   

Turns out I have two talkers!  I love it.

Poor Nick... before long he'll have three people all begging for his ears undivided attention.  :-)  

P.S. A sample video is on it's way for grandparents, aunties, uncles, and the like!  Nick just needs some editing time. I don't do videos...