Natalie continues to amaze us every day with her vocabulary. She always yells (yes, yells) CHURCH in the car whenever we pass a church. Not only does she know the word church, but she knows how to properly identify churches! (Okay, okay... sometimes she sees this one building on Little River Turnpike that has a spire on top of it that looks like a steeple and she yells, "CHURCH" but hey, she's pretty close!) A couple of nights ago, I put Natalie in her crib to go to sleep, and I kid you not- the kid goes, "I want some milk!" At 16 months old!!! For those who have no idea how many words a 16-month-old should have (and seriously, I had to look this up because I didn't even know), babycenter.com says, "Your 16-month-old may be able to say as many as 7 words..." and "A typical 2-year-old has a vocabulary of about 50 words (although some many more)" I just asked Todd how many words he thought Natalie had and he responded, "112." Thanks honey :-) It's definitely over 100, the kid even says sentences! She strings together 2-3 words frequently (Bye Bye Bus, Bye Bye Patrick, I love you, Hi Daddy, and more). Of course, she says most of these when prompted, but she definitely says them. She also has many unprompted sentences, including: "What's this? It's raining, All done. All gone. I got you. Come on" and more. She can identify planes, trucks, buses, and helicopters ("copter"). She doesn't always get these right though. If she is in a "boo bus" (or "school bus") kind of mood, most everything that is large and on the road will be a boo bus. But when she sees yellow school buses, she always yells, "BOO BUS!" She can even identify a plane by the sound it makes (even if she can't see it, she'll still say, "Airplane!" It sounds like, "Oh plane!") So anyway, she's a pretty smart cookie and we are VERY proud parents! How could you not be proud of a face like this one????
