All the things Renee can say

Renee's brain has hit hyper drive these days!  It's amazing how fast she picks up on things.  For instance, just a few weeks ago she could only show me her nose and her head (I'll ask her, "Where's Renee's nose?" and she points to, and sometimes up, her nose).  Now she can show me her nose, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, tongue, belly button, toes and head.  And she has semi-words for almost all of them too.  I say semi-words because the last consonant is usually cut off , and if you aren't with her all the time you probably won't understand most of what she says.  Sometimes I don't even understand her, but it is a huge help that she usually points to whatever it is she's talking about.

Here are some of the words she can say and the Renee-speak translations:

I want - "me me!!"
mama - "mama"
dada - "dada"
dog - "dah!!"
no - "no, no, no, no, no!" (while pointing her finger at you)
baby - "beebee"
bottle - "baba"
book - "booh"
ball - "bah"
bird - "bur"
bubbles - "buboo"
shoe - "shzssoo"
sock - "saw"
snack - "nah"
up - "puh" (up backwards)
down - "dow"
banana - "babwa"
water - "wahwah"
apple - "appoo"
diaper - "papoo"
poopoo - "poopoo"
Renee - "Nee"
belly button - "bah boo"
head - "heh"
teeth - "nees"
hi - "hi"

And she understands SOOO much more than that.  It's amazing!  I can tell her, "go show it to Daddy," and she'll walk around the house until she finds Jeff, then she proudly holds up whatever it was that she was supposed to show him.  It's so cute.

Oh, she can also tell you what the following animals say: dog ("oof, oof"), cat ("meeeeah"), cow ("moooo"), lion ("rarrr"), chicken ("dukadukawww"), sheep ("baa, baa") and horse ("neh, neh").  And she is really good at blowing kisses and waving bye-bye.  We always get a lot of attention for that one :D

It is so fun to watch her learn all these new things and to watch how happy she gets when we understand her and respond appropriately.   Of course she gets equally frustrated when we just don't know what she's trying to say.  It's a steep learning curve for all of us!!