Antonio has really taken off with his vocabulary. He surprises me every day with new words, and is starting to put sentences together. His enunciation is impressive, too! I can’t believe my little baby is talking!

Some recents:

This morning, he picked up a dime and said, “Money!” (Yeah, he was a little overly excited about it, too.)
The other day, he was standing on the back porch, waving to all the cars, and saying, “Hi, cars! (tars)” and when he came inside, he waved and said, “Bye, cars!” and shut the door.
Last week, going to Auntie Bekah’s house, he said, “Bekah’s house!” (sounded like Betah’s house.)
One of his favorite things to ask is “Is this Papa’s?” or “Is this Mama’s?” Or, “Is this Kyrie’s?” when holding up an object like car keys or a toy. Awhile back, he looked at our old Buick before we sold it but after it broke down, and very slowly but surely got out the sentence, “Is this Papa’s car?”
He’s also enthralled with animals and will shout “Bird!” at the seagulls and “Puppies!!!” at any furry creature that walks by. He loves pointing out everyone’s nose, and very clearly says “button” for his belly button (which he was calling a nose, too, until I corrected him).

I don’t know if I could even write an exhaustive list of all the words he uses because he adds onto them every single day. He loves to ask to play at the park (”Play park?”) and to go outside (”Side?”). He also asks politely to nurse now…sometimes. He knows how to, anyway. Four of his favorite things are balloons, puppies, babies, and balls, so I hear those words a lot. He’s well on his way to being chatty just like his sister! I’m in for an earful from both sides pretty soon!