I-Yuv-Yoo

Roo has become quite the Chatty Cathy. Of course I can’t understand half of what she says, but whatever. Of course there are a few standard phrases. “Buh-bye” is a big fav. We make her say it wherever we go. It cracks us up and makes the hearts of the people she says it to melt. Especially when she adds her little wave.

She won’t say “hi”, but occasionally says “heeeey” (she draws the word out). She says the names of her classmates pretty well, but has a hard time saying “s” sounds. She says her teachers names. She says the typical “da-da”, “ma-ma” , “no” and “mine”. She says “dog”, “go” and I think she told the dog to “lay down” the other day. She says “sit”, “chair” (my neighbor had to point that one out to me), “up” and “down”.

As she learns how to express herself, she is also becoming a little mimic (I think this is when the parenting books tell you to start watching what you say). But my favorite is when she repeats “I love you”, it comes out “I-yuv-yoo”. It is so damn cute. I love it. It isn’t often that she says it on her own, she usually says it after one of us says it to her. The other day I tried explaining to her that when someone says “I love you” that you should say back “I love you too”. That very day she actually did it. We were playing and I grabbed her, snuggled and said, “oh Roo, I love you” and she said “i-yuv-yoo-ooo”. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face for hours. She made my day.