Ellie-isms!

Eleanor is a chatter box. She talks all the time about anything and everything! It is pretty cool to finally hear what her mind is thinking. Lately she has been very into possessions (Mama's cup, Dada's phone, Ellie's baby, Milo's bone, etc.) Of course her two most common words are Mine! and No! It is amazing how she gravitates to these words. Lately she has added No Way! to her vocabulary. Pretty hilarious.

Eleanor has rapidly started putting words together to make sentences. At first it was just the two word possessions or No Milo! Mine Milo! Milk Please! More Cereal! Now she is starting to really think things through and often strings three or more words together. One of my very favorite things she says is "hold you mama" She says it with the most love a little person could possibly have and if she is really needing some extra attention she'll go for the "hold you mama pleeeese!" Once in awhile she'll say hold me mama....which is pretty impressive that she has figured out to use me, but makes me a little bit sad that she won't forever beg....hold you mama!

I love that we can have conversations about her day now. We talk about what she did, what she ate, who she saw. She describes memories and talks about her favorite foods. She also will now have almost real telephone discussions whether someone is on the other end or not and is loving to skype with her aunts and cousins that we don't get to see enough. It is amazing to watch her learn how to vocalize all that has been built up for nearly 2 years!

Jason and I were talking today about how fast this whole talking business has progressed...really over the past few days she has gone from saying a lot of words to basically saying anything she hears. She talks non-stop and we love it!