Lawson's Language

Lawson's vocabulary is slowly growing. He has added a few new words worth noting...

"psss" - please... For quite some time now Lawson has been communicating with us by using his baby signs. Using the signs eliminated frustration on both ends with regard to determining what he was wanting/needing. We have been very pleased with how well he has used them and how helpful they have been. The sign for please is rubbing your chest in a circular motion. He uses it quite often when he wants something whether it be getting on the couch, more to eat, going outside, and the list goes on and on. Over the past week he is now signing please and making the noise, "psss". :) It is very cute and exciting. The whining of "m m m m" prior to the "psss" is not so exciting, but slowly he will learn other words.

"day-oh" - thank you... We have also worked to instill "thank you". For as long as I can remember, we have said "thank you" when we have given him something, in hopes that he would eventually say thank you when receiving something from someone else. It has worked! He now says "day-oh" when you give him something and it is with great "voice" as if he is sincerely saying "thank you!"

"BOAH!" - WOAH! We must say this often. I had noticed he was saying "boah", but honestly thought it was another translation of ball, "bah". However, on Saturday afternoon he was pulling my cookbooks off of the shelf one at a time and as they hit the floor he was saying, "BOAH!". He was saying this very loudly with excitement and I must say that it was funny and it stuck in my mind, but didn't think much of it until later that night. We were giving him a bath and we were knocking the ducks, turtles, and horses off the edge of the tub when I said "woah!" and he smiled and said, "BOAH!", and the rest is history. :) It is really cute when he says it as he draws the "long o" sound out as if it is going to echo... like we would make a "booooom" sound of something exploding. Anyway, it is cute and mainly because he uses it in perfect context.

And lastly...

"ouf, ouf" - What does a dog say? Last night we went outside and as soon as we stepped out, our neighbor's dog, Lexus, who by the way is a big beautiful black Great Dane, was barking. He immediately walked to the edge of the patio and began pointing and barking, "ouf, ouf". We were shocked! He gets so excited when he sees a dog and we knew he could identify a dog, but had no idea he could bark!!

So, we now know that Lawson knows that a cow says, "bbmmvvv" and a dog says, "ouf, ouf". And he knows that if he says "psss" and "day-oh" it will make Mama and Daddy real proud and they might say "BOAH!"

It is simply amazing to see him grow and develop and begin to transform into a little boy. He is imitating us more and more, esp at the table when using a napkin, which means it is time to watch what we do and what we say as there are little eyes and ears in the midst.

Although his "words" are simply sounds, they are his little language and we think it is the best language to be learning at this point in life!