OK.  So maybe that’s wishful thinking, but…

I am proud to say Josephine has started toward a new milestone with a vengeance – TALKING!

Yep.  You read it right.  Our little gal is saying words, signing words, communicating needs and making jokes (no joke!).  In fact, she’s got quite a little personality!

Granted, most of these words are hard to hear because the speech is just emerging, but each one is recognizable to the Josephine-trained ear.

Here’s a list of words, both signed and spoken, as of October 4, 2010:

SPEAK:  brown bear, bird, ball, fish, woof, book, bye bye, hi, down, all done, purple, mama, dada, more, milk, cookie, tickle, again, apple, bus

SIGN:  all done, ball, fish, book, sleep, bye  bye, dada, mama, sheep, music, hug, kiss, cat, bird, bear, read, eat, more, milk, cookie, change, diaper, again, apple

Keep an eye out for the speech updates.  I am certain I will be adding many more words soon enough.