Holy Baby Talk Batman!

Apparently Owynn has decided he is ready to talk, because all of a sudden he is saying new words left and right.  Before he could say:

All done
More = Mo
Mama
Dada
Drink = Dink
Cracker = cracka
Mine

In the past WEEK or so Owynn is now saying:

Grandpa = Papa
Please = Peas
Door = Do
Hot = Haw
Cold = Co
Poop = Poop poop (he sounds adorably like Poof from the Fairly Odd Parents)
Hi
Bye Bye
Night night = Nigh nigh

When asked what a kitty says he says Maaaooow
When asked what a doggy says he says Woof woof
When asked what a monkey says he shakes his finger and says tsk tsk tsk (which is what the monkeys do in one of his favorite books, Caps for Sale). 
He also now holds his finger up to his lips and says Shhhhh (which he picked up from The Monster At The End of This Book).

Owynn is also working hard at saying his letters, he can say a few.  Dr. Seuss' ABC book is the favorite of both boys, we read it several times a day.  Our board book copy is pretty beat up already, it's been chewed, bent, and had food spilled on it.  I actually bought it while I was still pregnant with them.  When they get a bit older I plan on buying it in a normal paper page book.   

Oliver isn't saying nearly as much as Owynn at the moment, but he is further along in other aspects.  Oliver has gotten really good at climbing up and down the stairs upright holding the railing.  He loves numbers, we count things like crazy now.  He also is pretty good at figuring things out, and catches on really quickly.  The other day I asked him to bring me a diaper and he found one, but it was underneath his highchair (we use the small chair top ones).  He tried to pick it up but couldn't.  He stood there for a minute looking at it, then picked up his highchair and moved it, then brought me the diaper.  He knows how to work a smart phone, and knows what the mouse, mouse pad, and keyboard are for on the computer.  On my phone I have a radio app and a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic sound bite app.  He can turn on my phone, slide the screen saver up, and navigate around to find exactly what he wants.  He knows what button turns on my in-laws TV, he also knows how to do it at home too.  Home is a bit more complex.  In the morning he will turn on the tv, the receiver for the sound system, then go and get the clicker for the cable box so either John or I can turn it on.  When we are getting ready to go out, Oliver will go up to the entertainment center and turn off both the tv and the receiver.  He is one smart cookie.

I find myself comparing the two of them probably more often than I should.  I have to remind even myself occasionally that even though they are twins, they are two totally different people.  They are fraternal twins which means that they came from two different eggs.  So they are like any other siblings, they just happened to be born at the same time (well you know, 2 minutes apart).     

Toddler Communication

The boys have been trying to communicate to us more and more every day.  Today Oliver kept going over to John then going over to the front door and banging on it, back and forth several times.  So John got out the stroller and took the boys for a walk.  I met up with them right after I got off work and it seemed like everyone was having a good time.  

We spent Sunday at P&W's house playing poker with some of our good friends.  There were two other little kids there about a year older than the boys.  Oliver kept trying to talk to the bigger kids all day.  He was babbling on and on to them in what seemed like full baby sentences.  Oliver knew what he was saying and he was trying to get his point across, just no one else could understand him.  It's pretty darn cute to listen to him talk.  He will just go on babbling about who knows what, but he's pretty insistent about it.  We think that he is going to start saying real words soon.  It's about time, they are 16 & 1/2 months old now.  Right now they mostly only say Dada and Done.  We are working on Cheese.  Owynn only says Mama when he is really tired or upset.  Otherwise I am starting to think that I am just other Dada. 

Owynn has been super adorable lately.  His new thing is he likes to try and sing.  He hums when he is sleepy, and when he gave me a hug today.  He also likes to sing along to music.  I wonder if he will be musically inclined when he gets older.  Owynn loves to dance, drum on everything, and now trying to sing.

I am can't wait until they can talk and I can actually understand what they are trying to say!