Talking

Trey is talking more and more these days, so much so that I'm virtually unable to keep up with his words list. Much of what he says is probably still gibberish to the untrained ear, but Mommy and Daddy understand lots of his talking lately. Even more fun, Trey will point to things and blurt out a new word, almost as if to show off his new talking abilities.

Last weekend, we visited family in Louisiana (and please forgive me for not dedicating a full post to this trip alone. A year ago, I would have done that. All in all, we had a nice time, but Trey HATED spending so much time in the car!). At dinner at Mimmie's house, he first demonstrated not only his ability to say "hot," but also his understanding of what that means. It's very helpful now to know that why he isn't eating something isn't because he doesn't like it, but because it's too "hot." (Although, now nearly every food is "hot" on first taste. We're starting to realize that "hot" doesn't necessarily mean "too hot.")

Also at Mimmie's house, Trey was playing with one of our big yellow highlighters, when out of the blue he shouted "ellow!" (We took this to mean "yellow," of course.) Later that same day, while at the pool, Trey pointed to the hat Mommy was wearing and very clearly said "hat."

One more comment about Mimmie's house: on Sunday morning, Trey desperately wanted to go outside, but Daddy couldn't take him because the door was locked. Daddy explained to Trey that he needed the key to unlock the door to go outside (everyone else happened to be out, so we were locked in). A few minutes later, we were playing in our room and Trey found Daddy's keys. He immediately rushed to the door and tried to put the key in the door! He was saying "key" all along (which is how this anecdote is relevant to this post). Of course he didn't realize this was the wrong key, but we were just so impressed by our super smart baby! I'm sure we are the only parents who think that our child is the smartest one in the world!!

This week at school, one of Trey's teachers was so excited to tell me that Trey actually said something she could understand. Trey, by virtue of being one of the youngest in the class until recently and also a "man of few words," as they say, doesn't talk as much as some of the other kids. Apparently, Trey said "I want some." Never having heard this phrase ourselves, Mommy and Daddy remain skeptical about this (perhaps it was like the one time when Trey was about a year that we swear he said "necklace"), but it's still nice to hear that our little one is really starting to express himself.