Show and Tell, Part II (the tell part)
Alright so here’s the audio bits! Click on the “title” in order to hear the sounds. Some of them are a little big to download, sorry.
Animals
This is Ian naming some animals and other objects on a toy that he received for his birthday. Listen for “That’s a monkey.”
Be Careful Daddy
I slipped on a step. If you listen carefully he says “Be careful Daddy. Careful, please.”
Breathe
This is just the sound of him breathing with a zooey in his mouth. I know that’s maybe a little weird, but if I played this in a loop in my office? My blood pressure would be much better off, believe me.
Daddy
He woke up, and this is what he said.
Mommy
Apparently everybody in the photo album is mommy! Think about this for just a second… he plays peek-a-boo and laughs, because he knows it is a game… but it is also a sort of physical joke. This, if you think about it, may be his very first verbal joke. Listen to him laugh at the end… he knows he’s being silly.
Names
Ok so we didn’t get the whole family, I apologize, but he did name a few…
Not Red Green
Ok so you’ve seen pictures of him picking a drawer with a sucker… in this audio snippet, listen carefully. He says “Thas a red (something)” he then points at something that is green and says “Thas na red… Green.” As in this isn’t a red thing, this is a green thing. That, to me, is huge. That’s a brain working in there.
No Way
Here he names various colors, and you can hear the now infamous catchphrase “no way” in action, repeatedly.
Ready Set Go
In all its cuteness, here’s the magic phrase.