Ethan-ese

Ethan's vocabulary has just exploded this summer. Although he doesn't say most of his words perfectly, they are soooo stinkin' cute! I want to remember how he said them at 18 months. I was inspired to do this after he started saying a new word yesterday that only I could interpret - "ro ro," which means cereal, of course! So here I go, to the best of my ability...

"ro ro" - cereal
"dir dir" - circle
"dar" - star
"day doo" or "tay too" - thank you
"bee" - book and bear
"Melmo" - Elmo
"may-men" - amen
"aw" - off
"biper" - diaper
"ree" - read
"no" - nose and no
"tur-tull" - turtle (he says it in two, separate, deliberate sounds)
"beep" - which he started saying yesterday when he heard the microwave beep!
"pees!" - please
"rover" - rollover
"daw" - dog
"baw" or "baw-baw" - ball
"die" - outside
"joo!" - shoe
"wa-woo" or "wa-wer" - water
"juice"
"papa" - grandpa
"buppy!!!" - up (said with the utmost desperation in his voice)
"nana" - banana
"da-der" - cracker
"baby"
"Mama"
"Dada"
"ni-ni" - night, night
"Bible"
"bubble"
"moo"
"dak, dak" - quack, quack
"baa"
"roar!"
"tweet, tweet"

I just loooooove listening to him talk! Still lots of jibberish these days, but he does it in the sweetest voice. I almost don't want him to grow up and learn how to talk correctly!