Watch what you say!

For the past few months I have been very conscious of everything that comes out of my mouth and out of others mouths (making them aware of what they say), knowing that one day soon Isabelle will be repeating whatever she hears. Each time I think about that all I can imagine is the movie Meet the Parents and the scene with "Little Jack" and his "first word"....do you remember that one? "A**-hooooole". Yup, that sure was funny in the movie but I don't think it would be so funny if it happened in real life. Nothing like that has happened, do I dare say, yet? So I am trying to take precautionary measures at all times in hopes that it never does happen with our little one.

Right now Isabelle's vocabulary, that is understandable and you do not need a translator like myself, Michael, Lisa or Grandmama for, consists of:

• Buh Bye
• Bubble
• Mama
• Papa
• Ball
• Jazzy
• Hi
• "B" for Bear
• Bath
• Done, and she signs "all done"/"finished" as she says it
• Ice
• Eat, and signs it as she says it
• Ice
• Baby
• Eyes

And these are the words she says that you have to listen closely to and may need a translator for:

• "Ahhsh" for wash, as she rubs her hands together like she is washing them
• "Melmow" for Elmo
• "Malk" for milk
• "Juiss" for juice
• "Moh" for more, and she signs it as she says it
• "Nah nigh" for night night
• "Peas" for please, and she signs it as she says it
• "Duggie" for doggie or "ouf ouf"
• "Ot" for hot
• "oxy" for Roxy
• "Ock" for sock
• "Dink" for drink
• "Nana" for banana
• "Bahple" for apple
• "Ush" for brush and then she pretends to brush her teeth
• "Teef" for teeth

I am sure I left some out but these are the ones I thought of at the moment. She also is great with making the sounds that animals make as well as knowing all of her body parts (eyes, nose, ears, legs, fingers, hands, hair, teeth, etc.). She even knows where her butt is -hehe- I taught her that one :)

And now, without further ado...let's hear Isabelle speak! I was driving so I couldn't get a good shot of her face as she spoke but at least you can hear her little voice :) You can hear her say "buh-bye" and blow a kiss (listen closely for "MUAH").