Mar 30: Bookworm

Much to my delight, Erik has developed a love of books!  He will carry his books with him from room to room, so we have books stashed in several rooms of the house.  Erik will sit for long periods of time asking for "more, more" as you finish one book.  He will also bring a book to Kent or I while we are getting ready for work in the morning and beg for one of us to sit down and read to him.  He can get just a tad bit fussy if we can't sit down right then and read to him.   His love of books has ebbed & flowed over the past several months, but he is currently in full swing again with his books!  We have also learned that Erik will read his books in just about any place!  I've attached some pictures below of Erik with his books.

In the same vein with Erik loving books, Kent and I have compiled a list of Erik's current words.  He seems to learn and try out new words every day, so this list is already out of date, but it was fun to put it together as a reminder of where he is at verbally at 20 months!

English Word       Pronunciation

Dadda                   Dadda                  

Uh-oh                   uh-oh                  

Mamma                Mamma          

Shoes                    Shoos

Socks                    Saw

Fall Down             fa don

Boom                    Boo

All Done               All Dune               

More                     More                   

No                        No

Yes                       ‘es

Erik                      aye ick (varies)

Up                        ups                     

Down                   da

Dog                      Dog                    

Diaper                  Diaper         

Boo                      boo

Book                    buh

Excuse Me           Excuses

Banana                 nana

Slipper                 sipper

Water                   wateh

Trash                   trass

Bubble                 bubba

Fish                      fiss

Elephant              ella

Bird                     bird

Bottle                  bottle

Sheep                  bah

Chicken               bawk bawk

Ball                      ball

Bye bye               bah bye

Fall                      fah

Hi                        hi

Hello                   hello

Donkey               ee ah

Owl                     ohl

Horse                  horse

Cat                      ‘at

Cow                    ‘ow

Wolf                   ahhhooooo (with head tilt)

Off                      off

Frog                    frah