Eli's vocabulary inventory

Eli is going to be 20 months on the 18th.  So close to being two years old!  It's so strange to me.  I thought I would update his vocabulary log since I've never really thought about how many words he uses.

-snow
-outside
-dog
-bug
-bird
-paci
-water
-milk
-juice
-apple
-please
-thank you
-night-night
-potty
-shoe
-boot
-sock
-ear
-eye
-chin
-nose
-no
-mama
-dada
-papaw
-cookie
-baby
-poo-poo
-book
-Elmo
-cracker
-cheese
-waffle
-hello
-bye-bye
-keys

There are probably more but it's hard to sit down and think of every word he says.  There are also words he's said just a couple times but I don't really count them as part of his vocabulary yet because he doesn't use them consistently.  Examples include "tree", "flower", "moon", etc.  He is also aware of many more animals other than a dog, but he still refuses to refer to them by anything other than the noise they make.  He finally made the switch to "dog" as opposed to "woof woof" a couple of weeks ago.

He also understands a lot.  He will only say "ear", "eye", "chin", and "nose" but he will point to any body part you ask.  Same with a lot of things.  One day they will earn names!

He also says, "All done" when his plate/cup are empty or he doesn't want to eat anymore. He just recently started to say, "Bye-bye daddy" when Rob leaves for work, but it actually comes out, "Bye-bye E-da" when he puts them together.  He also frequently sings, "Let it go" but I know he has no idea what it means so I don't count it as a phrase.  It's just hilarious :)

Eli loves, loves music and he totally appreciates our crappy singing voices.  He ADORES the alphabet song, and wants us to sing it many times a day.  You know he wants you to sing it when he starts jabbering a series of syllables that is something like the melody.  He also likes The Itsy-Bitsy Spider, and is getting pretty good at the hand motions.  He also likes to attempt the motions to pat-a-cake.

Overall, though, he jabbers CONSTANTLY.  He will go around jabbering almost entirely unintelligible.  I have a feeling when he starts REALLY talking he is going to be quite an earful :)