A Fun Day- playing and game making!

Jonah had a play date today with Juliet (who for the record is basically the same age as he is). For the first time, he shared his toys without a fuss and even tried to share his juice with her (his most treasured thing!) He was less generous with sharing "Bunny" but we'll forgive him for that.
He pat her on the back and even called her "baby" (I think!) Overall they played stupendously well together, and even sat down for a shared Cheerios snack.

Later tonight, he played a game with us which was all his doing. He took a big spoon off the shelf and ran away with it behind his back. Then he'd come to Sam and I and would intentionally hide it behind his back with one hand and with the other hand make the gesture like, "What's going on here?" prompting us to ask him where the spoon was. He'd then pull it out from behind his back and start laughing.

14 months, 18 words

Doggy
Daddy (sounds just like Doggy but looking at Daddy)
Mamma, Mammoooo (both for mommy)
More ("mo", as in "mo better")
Juice (emphasis on the "uice")
Cheese ("cheeeeese")
Chicken (nuggets)
sticker
lights (emphasis on "TS", a silent "li")
Bunny ("unny")
wuwu (sound the dog makes)
wawa (not to be confused with wuwu)
fish ("ish")
cracker (surprisingly close!)
bottle (baba)
Zacky (for Zack in his daycare, said surprisingly clear-- even Carolyn could tell!)
Car (cacacar)
Yogurt (gogurt)

Sitting, climbing, and more talking

Jonah learned to sit on his own today-- Sam showed him how to turn around and sit on the steps and while we were getting dinner ready, he went and did it on his own-- up on the third step, just sitting there.

He has become quite fond of climbing up on things-- his new favorite thing to do is climb up on his step stool and play with things on the ottoman.

At daycare today, he said "Zacky" for the boy (Zack) that he plays with there. When he was ready to leave, he grabbed his lunch bag, slung it over his shoulder and waved bye to everyone!

We have a feeling he understands way more than he can articulate-- he can feed a bottle to his babydoll when you tell him to, he put his bottle pieces together today after watching Sam do it,
He points to his ears when you ask "Where are your ears?" and can name many of the pictures in his "Big Book of Words" book, including; cheese, doggy (for all 4 legged creatures), juice, water, car.

Bubbles and Stickers

Jonah's next new words!
He repeated "Bubbles" while playing with bubbles, and "sticker" when we gave him a sticker.

Feeding Myself!

Jonah has started grabbing the spoon and feeding himself! Of course, he rarely makes it all the way to his mouth without a little help, but he's determined!!!

Even more (and "no more") talking, etc.

Jonah now combines "no" and "more" to say "no more" when he doesn't want something. He also makes the sign to brush his teeth when he wants to or when you ask him if he wants to.
Yesterday, he said "Wawa" for the water he was drinking and also for the water he used while washing his hands. This morning he gestured at himself and said, "no-na"!
He also calls his favorite stuffed animal that he sleeps with "nunny" (for bunny) and he holds it up high saying, "NUNNY!" He has also said "Baba" for bottle.
Two weeks ago we got a snow storm (the first he remembers)... Here are some pictures!

MORE talking!!!

We moved into our new home in Lexington this past week and Jonah's speech has been flourishing daily! This past week he started to say "MORE" while he makes the ASL sign with his hands. He says it for food, lights (his favorite thing), tickling, spinning round and round, etc.

Today he said "Car" for the first time while holding a toy car! He also has been saying "ts" for lights (the second sound of the word) for a few weeks now. Oh, and of course he now says "NO!" when he doesn't like something! :)