A Whole Lotta Words

First of all, my apologies for the previous post. It was just one of those days.

The words have been flying around here! Each day, they come up with new words and new abilities to imitate words. I'm amazed at how much they are able to learn and retain. Without further ado, here are the word tallies so far:

Ellie
Words...dog, car, bus, milk, cracker, water, more, please, thank you, hi, bye, ball, book, up, down, off, no, cup, bowl, all done, scrub (verb), brush (verb), swing (verb), rock (verb), Momma, Dada, Grammie (gigi), bathtime
Animal Sounds....cow, sheep, dog, cat, chicken, duck, horse, elephant, monkey
Environmental Sounds...car, airplane
Signs...more, please, all done, music, touchdown (for Daddy), safe (ump call in baseball...for Uncle Josh)

Lily
Words... dog, bear, milk, cracker, more, please, hi, bye, all done, ball, up, no, sock, brush (verb), swing (verb), Momma, Dada, Papa, Aunt Mollly (Mo), bus, car,
Animal Sounds...cow, sheep, dog, duck, horse, monkey
Environmental Sounds...car, airplane
Signs...more, please, all done, touchdown, safe, airplane

Liam
Words...dog, truck, tractor, car, bus, hi, bye, more, all done, Grammie (gigi), ball, no, up, milk, cracker, please, Momma, Dada, uh-oh
Animal Sounds...dog, cow
Environmental Sounds...car, airplane
Signs...more, please, all done, touchdown, safe

They are showing more and more awareness of each other and how to help each other. For example, this morning, our babygate into the kitchen was closed and Liam couldn't get it open. I told Ellie to "help Liam" and without telling how to help him, she went over to the gate and pushed it open for him. When Lily dropped her milk on the floor, Liam was very concerned that she might still be thirsty so he picked up the milk, worked hard to stand up with it and took it over to her.
They love to give kisses and all you have to do is make a "humming" sound with your lips out and they will stop what they are doing and come over to give a kiss.

This motherhood gig is difficult and trying, but the most wonderful thing in the world. I'd never give it up and am so thankful that my wonderful husband makes is possible for me to stay home with them. I couldn't imagine allowing someone else to be with my beautiful babies all day. On Monday, when we fly to California, I may change my mind about some things, but it is just a strange phenomenon that occurs when we are in flight with 3 17-month olds. Luckily, all wonderful feelings return the minute the wheels hit the runway.

Christie