Talky Kate

Kate's very talky these days. It's sort of like she didn't do it for so long, and she absorbed all these words, and now she really wants to use them.

Sometimes it's like she's reading a list of all the people she knows. "Nana Baba Jack Mommy Grandma Grandpa? Aunt Caffee? Daddy Mommy Jack."

I get her up in the morning and head downstairs so Emily and Jack can sleep a little bit more. As we leave the room, in the dark, she says "Mommy Jack?" Mommy and Jack are sleeping, I say. She says, "Ohhhhh. Mommy Jack sleep-ing."

She likes saying "Ohhhhh" these days. I hear her say it a lot to Jack. Jack's explaining how to throw a ball, or make something with Play-dough, or do a puzzle. "No, Kate, it goes like this." "Ohhhhhhh." It's awesome.

Another current favorite is her concerned, "Okay?" She does it when I cough. "Okay?" she asks. Sometimes concerned, sometimes it seems like it's a game to her. "Okay?" Like she's making a joke.

When really, she's just making me laugh, a lot.