chatty

(this photo has nothing to do with this post, i just think it's hilarious and i hate photo-less posts!)

the baby has gotten very chatty lately. he started saying a few words when he turned 15 months old, but now at 16 months is just a jabber-box! i don't ever remember the little dude saying this many things at this age. the baby will basically try to say any word you ask him to. it may not sound exactly right, but he sure tries. here's a list of the words he can say pretty clearly right now:

baby (one of his favorites)
cookie (probably the favorite of all!)
cracker
all done
dada
book
ball
tree
naughty (he's really good at this one probably because he hears it so much!)
pretty
school
go, go
bye
bobby (his word for blanket)
pizza
mommy
gigi (my assistant genie)
no, no

he can also make these animal noises on command:
monkey (his all-time favorite)
elephant
cat
dog
fish (opens and closes mouth like a fish....no real sound there.)