What are we saying?

My goal is to fill these posts with a little more substance.....along with the usual excessive amount of pictures. I plan on using this as a "scrapbook", so I want to make sure I document more of what the babies are doing and how they're changing. I still haven't even finished their baby books, so that is also a goal!

Gavin and Emery are now understanding much of what we say. We've actually had to start spelling words a lot of the time if we don't want them to know what we're saying (ie: o-u-t-s-i-d-e, m-o-v-i-e, b-a-t-h-t-i-m-e, etc....). They are each saying a few words and have learned a lot of new signs. We've been watching the Signing Time videos. They LOVE these videos and I am amazed at how much they've learned in a short period of time.

Emery says:

Uh-oh, Moo, Hello (do), Dada (doesn't sound exactly like this, but we know what she's saying), Here, and Duck (maybe......still not sure). She's also got a weird sound for dog. It's not a word. It's more like she's singing.....but it's consistently used for dog......not a dog in a book though.....just a real dog or a stuffed animal.

"Hello, Hello"

Emery's signs:
More, Please, Bath, Blanket, Flower, Cat, Baby, Dog, Milk, Eat, Drink, Car, Sleep, Ball, and I probably left some out. These are the ones she uses in context. She'll add a few others while watching the videos.

Absorbed in her Signing Times video. Yes, she is sitting on a wipes box. Hey....times are tough. Who can afford chairs?? Also, please excuse the crazy hairdo.

Signing more to Daddy so that he'll drag her around the room in her box again.

Gavin says:

Uh-oh, Dada (Doesn't sound exactly like it, but we know what he's saying), Tractor (Tak-ta), What's that? (Wu-zaa), This, Duck (still not sure about this one), Mama (he says this, but not sure if he's actually calling me mama).

Gavin's signs:
More, Please, Milk, Car, Ball, and I'm probably leaving some out. He's working on some others, but these are the ones that are used in context.

Signing more, asking for a quesadilla. This picture is from November when he had just started to sign.

I've been getting a little concerned that they aren't talking more, but they are really interested in signing. There is still a lot of grunting when they want something, but the signing has helped to cut down on it quite a bit. With all of the random noises that they make (and maybe some words that we just haven't picked up on yet), I really feel like the talking will come along soon.

We've had a small issue with the babies pushing buttons on Grandma and Grandpa's tv. Tonight, my stepdad looked puzzled when the volume showed up in French. Oops. So, we are trying a new "sit on your blanket or the movie goes off" rule. This was when the rule was actually working. Emery definitely looks relaxed. Probably resting from throwing all of those toys around the room earlier. :-)