New Communication Patterns

So Random is really coming along. Her speech capabilities went from not great last year to off-the-charts this year.

So many little things have come and gone, most notably, "Hepyoo." Yesterday she called out "Hep! Me!" I was so surprised by this that it didn't really register. Nicole had to point it out to me.

So I wanted to capture some of these things before they were gone forever. Time has a way of moving fast and memory fades.

The thing we hear out of her most frequently is probably the most annoying. For some reason, she continually tells us, "I can't!" whenever we ask her to do something that she doesn't want to do. It can be quite maddening.

She cannot grasp "wait" just yet. But if you tell her "five more minutes," she'll be patient. In fact, she's been using it as a negotiating tactic, combined with her other new trick above.

"Random, it's time for bed."

"Noooo! I can't! I can't!"

"Random, it's really time to go."

"Fi mo mimits?" At least that's how she asks. Cutest thing evar. Except maybe the last thing.

Whenever she wants to do something again, she asks to do it "one more time." Except her clarity is not that good. It comes out "uh mo time?" She's just mostly happy and cute all the time.