Words!

I have been bad at keeping lists of Clara's words as they have appeared, but sat down today and wrote down all the words I could think of. I feel like there may be a couple missing here or there, but Luke went over the list too and this is a pretty good picture of what she's saying these days. I was shocked to discover that she has 100 words! (Exactly! But 111 if you also count signs and animal noises.) Here they are (for the sake of clarity I have listed the actual word, not her pronunciation. On some words she's very close, on others not so much. But anyone who's around her for a day or so can understand her - she's a very good and persistent communicator!):

Names:
Mama
Daddy
Baby
Sadie Mae (sound like, "Seee Meeeee!")
Abby
Lauren
Karoline
Beka
Annabelle
Papa
Gramma
Andrew
Matthew
Joel
Moose
Pony
(these last two refer to a specific moose and a specific pony, though she does use pony in general as well)

Food words:
Eat
Food
Snack
Chair
All done
Water
Juice
Tea
Applesauce
Blueberry
Bread
Banana
Cereal
Cheerio
Cheese
Spoon
Fork
Apron
Stir (always comes in a double, "stir stir!")

Body and clothing words:
Hair
Eyes
Ear
Nose
Mouth
Teeth
Tongue
Chin
Elbow
Belly
Back
Knee
Toes
Socks
Shoe
Pants
Shirt
Jacket
Hat

Activity and action words:
Ride (for piggyback ride or riding her rocking horse, etc)
Bath
Shower
Sit
Lie down
Rock (asking to be rocked or rocking her baby doll)
Out
Off
On
Outside
Inside
Up
Down
Open
Close

Other words:
Phone
Hot
Fire
Okay
More
Lap (when she wants to get up in your lap)
Other side (when nursing, or simply to ask to nurse)
Moon (Goodnight Moon, though she knows what the moon is too)
Jesus (particularly in relation to her "Jesus Loves Me" book she receive for Christmas)
Book
Paci
Blankie
Jammies
Kitty
Brush
Two
Three
Snow
Beep
Help
Hello
Hi
Bye Bye
Love you (Hoo Hee)
Uh oh
Oh boy
Oh no

and of course the current favorites...
No
Nope
No ma'am

Animal noises:
Moo
Bak Bak (chicken)
Meow
Honk
Woof Woof
Hop hop (bunny)
Neigh (but with an "Mmmm" sound)

Signs she still uses:
Please
Thank you
Drink
Eat
All done
Sleepy
Help

The past two weeks her two-word phrases have really exploded as well. Early favorites were "Sit, Abby!" (Abby is our friends' dog), "No, Sadie!" and "Rock Baby." Lately though she has been mixing and matching words much more frequently. The big one today was, "No, NO SOCKS!" (so she didn't have any socks on until naptime, when I finally insisted). A few days ago we saw a mom with infant twins in the grocery store and for a couple days afterward I heard a lot about "two babies!" "More" and "no" are good candidates for coupling with other words - "more blueberry" or "more applesauce" are common breakfast requests, "more kitty" was frequent at my parents' house. The speed and dexterity with which she is mastering language never cease to amaze me. Now that I have a base list, I am hoping to do a better job of keeping up with new words and phrases, though she is not an easy one to keep up with!