In response to the bubbles video, Amelia's Mom, Christine, commented that Clio seems so much bigger now, and even my mom said "she's really talking!" It's funny, all of a sudden Clio definitely seems like a little girl. Melissa's been talking about this on Eva's blog, too; it really does seem shocking that they change so quickly- just a few months ago Clio was barely walking and talking, and now she walks around "parenting" her baby dolls.
Now, walking like a pro, she seems very in command of her surroundings, and eager to communicate. This morning, Clio walked over to the sideboard in the dining room and reached up to get a Clementine out of the fruit bowl. She couldn't QUITE reach, so I asked her if she'd like an orange (Clementine is an awfully big word, although she has tackled some other three-syllable picks like butterfly, crocodile, dinosaur, and strawberry); she nodded, then walked over to the dining room table, pulled out one of the adult chairs, and said "I sit down here."
And so she did.
Other great phrases these days?
"I see you."
"I have two babies" (although, as a disclaimer about her numbers knowledge, when I took one away to demonstrate "one," she repeated that she had two babies. She does go around saying "two, three, four, five," but as far as we can tell, they're just words to her)
"I sit down, too." (lots of Clio's favorite activities revolve around sitting- "sit down read books", "sit down blocks", "boots off", so this action figures into most of her sentences so far)
And, of course, "I want this/ that/ or more...." (fill in the blank, it's usually cereal or 'meal, aka oatmeal)
She's got some other tactics up her sleeve, too. If you ask her something that she doesn't know the answer to, she'll say "huh?" like she didn't hear you the first time. And if you ask her a word that she knows but can't remember, she'll stall and go "mmmmmmm....." just like I have noticed I tend to do.
We look forward to hearing everything she has to say as her vocabulary develops!
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