Word burst
Today Dax set a record for most new words spoken. It started when we woke up and I greeted him with "Good morning!" and he responded "Morning" and it just snowballed from there.
A bit later we were playing "Where's Your Nose". He's been able to say "eye" for awhile but that's pretty much it for body parts. But today he pointed at and said "nose", "hair", and "elbow".
A bit later he was looking at some books and saying what I at first thought was "whee!". I thought he was reading his Diaper David book that his Nanna gave him (which consists of one word per page and he knows all of them). But when I looked over and he wasn't reading that particular book I realized he was saying read. I excitedly asked him if he was reading a book and he confirmed "read" and "book".
This afternoon we went over to the neighbor's house and I told Dax that we would need to knock instead of ringing the bell because Russell was napping. He rapped at the door and called out "Knock-knock".
Then tonight we needed to do a bit of shopping. As we were checking out, the sales associate thanked us and Dax responded with his own little "thank you".
Wow. What a day.
Cat and I were thinking very briefly of writing down all the words that he knows but there are just too many. We literally can not keep up with him.
He astounds me. It isn't just the words he knows, either. He can build a tall tower of blocks. He can put together his wooden car puzzle without any help. He can identify the color blue. He knows what shape a circle is. He has mastered going down a slide (and climbing back up it again).
I know. He's a kid and this is what kids do. They learn. But I guess I never really thought about the incredible speed at which they must learn. It's amazing.