Are You Surprised?

Would you be surprised if I told you that Anders is very verbal? With two parents that are teachers and a mother who likes to talk, I am not surprised at all.

Here are a few of the words we hear throughout the day...

Names (Identified by sight or picture)
Momma (of course :))
Dad
Anders
Haiku
Grandma
'ma (for Oma)
'pa (for Opa)
Aimee
Re-re (for Avery)
Faif (for Faith)
Betsy
Doreen
Jason
Abbey
Monique
Ryan
Ali
(funny side note--this morning as we went to Grandma J's church for Easter--which is where I go to Bible Study with the three names above--Anders asked as we were walking in "Monique?" "Ali?" "Ryan?" He knew all of those people should have been there with us, but was confused why they weren't) Cute, cute

And I'm sure I missed a few more...

Animals/Sounds (Identified by sight or in books) followed by the sound he makes with it
Zebra
Giraffe
Bear
Penguin
Monkey (oooohhh-ooohh)
Walrus
Sea Lion
Turtle
Duck (quack)
Oink
Neigh
Moo
Dog (woof)
Snap! (crocodile) This one is more like SSSSNNNNAAAP!
Snake (sssssss)
Cat
Ribbit
Sniff-sniff with his nose (rabbit)
Fish

Food--this one is an important category for him!
Fruit Bar
Yogart
Milk
Drink
Cup
Nana (Banana)
Grapes
Apple
Mess (as in, don't make one)
Plate
Bowl
More
Cookie

Random Words...
Book
Shelf
Toy
Truck (beep-beep)
Up
Work (as in, dad's at work and not here to play right now)
Egg (you would think this would go under the "food" category, but you would be wrong. He doesn't eat them, he just likes the Easter Eggs)
Sock
Pants
Shoes
Boot
Brush
Baby
Pen
Button
Thank You
Please
B-ball (for basketball)
Football
Bye-bye
Hi-ya (as in Hi!)
Happy
Ball
Yellow (everything is yellow these days, but we are working on it)
Eyes
Nose
Mouth
Head
Back
Phone (as in, he talks on anything that resembles a phone--remote controls, glasses cases, long blocks, and an occasional toy cell phone...mostly to Joel's friend Jason or Jason's daughter, Abbey--she is 10 months)
Chair
Fall (as in, don't fall off of that chair, couch, bench, etc...)
Off
On
Church
Jesus
Out! & Safe! (what an umpire says....we are ready for baseball to start today!)

I know I have missed quite a few...he is now working on putting sentences together. His first 2-word sentence a few weeks ago was "more cookie!". Anders also knows probably 22 out of 26 letters (capitals) and is working on numbers...I'm afraid we have opened the floodgates to learning and we can't stop him!

Oh, and how could I forget his favorite word of all? NO!