Well, little Daniel, it's time to talk about your first word, son. These pictures show you on your birthday, 0 years old, you eating your favorite....noodles on the back porch and you lying asleep on the floor in the doorway between the hall and the back room of the old house.
The first dates I have written for you on the crumpled yellow paper are 11/24 & 26/1994 and it is not about a word you said but about another great accomplishment. It says "Began walking long distances (4-5 yards)". You were one year and one month old at that time. Then on 12/04/1994 you were able to say something like "dog" and "thank you"Noted beside these words it says that you have been refining these words for 1 to 2 months. I know they must have sounded more like "da" and "dot doo". So that would mean you started talking around the same time as you started walking. On Christmas day 1994 you could say "uh oh" when you were near something that you knew you weren't suppose to touch. On 1/08/95 you could day the chihuahua's name "Tump". The next day I wrote down that you said "Eat, eat, eat". On January 19th you called "Sarah woman" and Stella then said "old woman". Not all your
words were pronounced correctly, of course, and on Feb. 3 you said "fiss" for fish and "dop" for stop. On March 3 you said "Mama mama", "Eat eat eat". That meant you were hungry and mama had to get you something. Oh and don't think you weren't talking between the dates that I have written, you were, but I didn't write things down all the time. On May 15 I recorded "dog", "no", "thank you", "no no". You would call many vehicles "big truck" or "bih tuk" but you hardly ever called a car that. If it really was a big truck you said it louder and with more emphasis. You could make motor sounds too, and ask the question "what that?" or "who that?". Also on May 15 Stella set up a tea party on the bottom bunk and you joined her and pretended to drink tea.
On May 27 you said "too" for "shoes". You pronounced Sarah and Stella the same way, "ehwa" or "dehwah" I heard Stella answer you one time, "I not 'dehwah'" She thought you were saying Sarah. In June sometimes you would just make some talky noise like "blah blah blah Boo Boo blah blah" while looking at an insect bite. You also liked to play a game where I would shake my hair and get it over my eyes and you would push it out of my eyes. In June I heard you say "hot!" and you could imitate "mimi". You started saying "mine!" and "uh huh"
In July you said "mimi" on your own and "ae piss" for "apples" and "poo poo" was the word for "doo doo". In August you asked me "what's that daddy?" and then you answered "doggy". You could tell Stella, " 'mon della" which meant "come on Stella" and I heard you say "see boach" for "see boat".
Jump forward to March 1996 and you said, "Doats 'side dark" meaning the "goats are outside in the dark". "Dat's Lolly book" (grandma Laura's book). You were hungry and standing in front of the refridgerator and said "hmmm, I know" and then you opened it to get what it was that you knew you wanted. You told Stella "Don't sing that, NO, Barney" ---"Don't sing that Barney Song!!" Also you told someone, "you not baa tub" meaning "you're not in the bathtub".
In April of 1996....Once you were proud of yourself... " I dot top....yeah!" (I got the milk jug lid off all by myself) .I asked you 'where's your cup?' and you answered "In mama bed.....I dit it". ( I'll get it ) Describing a toy...."It funny, funny bunny rabbit, funny hat". Also in April "that my bed", "I help my ma", but it sounded more like "ae' my beh" and "I hep my ma". Also, "I fall down" , "an oo elp me?" (can you help me?), "hey mama watch this". We must have had a string of lights up for something in April and you said "a light in trees...hmmmm", "a light on house too....hmmmm". In that same month you saw some missing bricks under the house and said "a hole". That month I also heard you say, "that mommy room" and "daddy look, that my hand". April was a big talking month for you....."Tim, I want go, I want go Tim", "Tim dawn de work", "della in mama bed, I dit in mama bed too", "I want hot dog".
At the end of April, Stella didn't want help turning her shirt around from backwards. She said, " I'm four, I'm four, I'm not a baby anymore" I wrote this on your word page, Daniel because it was cute and new and Stella's word sheet had long been put away in a safe place.
Finally in May I could ask you, "who's that?" while pointing at you and you could answer "dahnool" instead of "nahnool". On May 8th you had a fever and I held you and you went to sleep for the first time in my arms since your were a tiny baby. I liked the way it felt to hold your sweet warm body in my arms while you slept. You never were very cuddly, so it was an extra special event to hold you close for so long.
Later in May...."I 'oant 'awnt a do it"...."I don't want to do it". " I 'awnt put in tuh"==I want to put in the tub (candy)". I had to tell you "no Daniel!" and you asked. "why?...Why daddy? .. .Why?" You could be contrary at times....lots of times!
Of course for much of this time you were calling granddaddy "Ha Daddy" and I heard you say to him once, "I had it First!"
June 26, 1996 I asked you, "Do you need to pee pee in the potty?" and you answered, "Uh uh, I'm already pee pee in the potty" Not long after that I asked you to tell what you had done today and you answered, "Pee pee Pot, come home, P(l)ay toys!"
In July of 1996, "I want nuther hot dog din (again)", "you hair putty (perty) you". "Daddy you a doctor.....I a firetruck, OK?"
In August you saw me looking in the hall closet and asked, "Daddy, what you looking for?......" And Stella was still saying "bigoshuwa pudding" for "butterscotch pudding".
It sure has been fun watching you grow up my young man. I won't stop admiring you.....never....never.....I'm so proud of you.
The first dates I have written for you on the crumpled yellow paper are 11/24 & 26/1994 and it is not about a word you said but about another great accomplishment. It says "Began walking long distances (4-5 yards)". You were one year and one month old at that time. Then on 12/04/1994 you were able to say something like "dog" and "thank you"Noted beside these words it says that you have been refining these words for 1 to 2 months. I know they must have sounded more like "da" and "dot doo". So that would mean you started talking around the same time as you started walking. On Christmas day 1994 you could say "uh oh" when you were near something that you knew you weren't suppose to touch. On 1/08/95 you could day the chihuahua's name "Tump". The next day I wrote down that you said "Eat, eat, eat". On January 19th you called "Sarah woman" and Stella then said "old woman". Not all your
words were pronounced correctly, of course, and on Feb. 3 you said "fiss" for fish and "dop" for stop. On March 3 you said "Mama mama", "Eat eat eat". That meant you were hungry and mama had to get you something. Oh and don't think you weren't talking between the dates that I have written, you were, but I didn't write things down all the time. On May 15 I recorded "dog", "no", "thank you", "no no". You would call many vehicles "big truck" or "bih tuk" but you hardly ever called a car that. If it really was a big truck you said it louder and with more emphasis. You could make motor sounds too, and ask the question "what that?" or "who that?". Also on May 15 Stella set up a tea party on the bottom bunk and you joined her and pretended to drink tea.
On May 27 you said "too" for "shoes". You pronounced Sarah and Stella the same way, "ehwa" or "dehwah" I heard Stella answer you one time, "I not 'dehwah'" She thought you were saying Sarah. In June sometimes you would just make some talky noise like "blah blah blah Boo Boo blah blah" while looking at an insect bite. You also liked to play a game where I would shake my hair and get it over my eyes and you would push it out of my eyes. In June I heard you say "hot!" and you could imitate "mimi". You started saying "mine!" and "uh huh"In July you said "mimi" on your own and "ae piss" for "apples" and "poo poo" was the word for "doo doo". In August you asked me "what's that daddy?" and then you answered "doggy". You could tell Stella, " 'mon della" which meant "come on Stella" and I heard you say "see boach" for "see boat".
Jump forward to March 1996 and you said, "Doats 'side dark" meaning the "goats are outside in the dark". "Dat's Lolly book" (grandma Laura's book). You were hungry and standing in front of the refridgerator and said "hmmm, I know" and then you opened it to get what it was that you knew you wanted. You told Stella "Don't sing that, NO, Barney" ---"Don't sing that Barney Song!!" Also you told someone, "you not baa tub" meaning "you're not in the bathtub".
In April of 1996....Once you were proud of yourself... " I dot top....yeah!" (I got the milk jug lid off all by myself) .I asked you 'where's your cup?' and you answered "In mama bed.....I dit it". ( I'll get it ) Describing a toy...."It funny, funny bunny rabbit, funny hat". Also in April "that my bed", "I help my ma", but it sounded more like "ae' my beh" and "I hep my ma". Also, "I fall down" , "an oo elp me?" (can you help me?), "hey mama watch this". We must have had a string of lights up for something in April and you said "a light in trees...hmmmm", "a light on house too....hmmmm". In that same month you saw some missing bricks under the house and said "a hole". That month I also heard you say, "that mommy room" and "daddy look, that my hand". April was a big talking month for you....."Tim, I want go, I want go Tim", "Tim dawn de work", "della in mama bed, I dit in mama bed too", "I want hot dog".
At the end of April, Stella didn't want help turning her shirt around from backwards. She said, " I'm four, I'm four, I'm not a baby anymore" I wrote this on your word page, Daniel because it was cute and new and Stella's word sheet had long been put away in a safe place.
Finally in May I could ask you, "who's that?" while pointing at you and you could answer "dahnool" instead of "nahnool". On May 8th you had a fever and I held you and you went to sleep for the first time in my arms since your were a tiny baby. I liked the way it felt to hold your sweet warm body in my arms while you slept. You never were very cuddly, so it was an extra special event to hold you close for so long.
Later in May...."I 'oant 'awnt a do it"...."I don't want to do it". " I 'awnt put in tuh"==I want to put in the tub (candy)". I had to tell you "no Daniel!" and you asked. "why?...Why daddy? .. .Why?" You could be contrary at times....lots of times!
Of course for much of this time you were calling granddaddy "Ha Daddy" and I heard you say to him once, "I had it First!"
June 26, 1996 I asked you, "Do you need to pee pee in the potty?" and you answered, "Uh uh, I'm already pee pee in the potty" Not long after that I asked you to tell what you had done today and you answered, "Pee pee Pot, come home, P(l)ay toys!"
In July of 1996, "I want nuther hot dog din (again)", "you hair putty (perty) you". "Daddy you a doctor.....I a firetruck, OK?"
In August you saw me looking in the hall closet and asked, "Daddy, what you looking for?......" And Stella was still saying "bigoshuwa pudding" for "butterscotch pudding".
It sure has been fun watching you grow up my young man. I won't stop admiring you.....never....never.....I'm so proud of you.
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