From A to Zoë

so, some of my loyal readers (hahaha) have asked what zoë is saying. i thought i would fill you in on the words she knows, and says on a regular basis.

eat (of course!)
diaper
ewwww stinky (usually preceded by her or someone else passing gas)
nummies
juice
shoes
mama
poppa
grandpa (but no grandma)
light
hat
hot (usually followed by blowing on whatever object she has deemed as hot)
Lori
owl
apple
zebra
car
copter (there is a military installation near the house, and helicopters fly over regularly)
nose
eye
ear
fishy (sounds like shishy)
hi (said to any and everyone within earshot. and she'll repeat it until she gets a response)
bye bye
see ya
night night
1,2,3
piano
car
quack quack
dinosaur noises (she won't say dino, but she will roar when you ask her what it says)
puppy (plus woofing)
kitty (plus meowing)
birdie (plus making high pitched squeely noises)
no ma'am
thank you
and yay!

i was really worrying about her, about a month ago. she had about 5 words, and while she understood a lot of them, she wasn't saying them. than all of a sudden, complete language explosion. i kid you not, aside from mama, poppa, no ma'am, bye bye, and juice, she didn't say any of these 4 weeks ago. it's been surreal, watching her mind expand at such a high rate. she understands quite a few more words, but she's not saying them yet. i guess we need to wait until next month.