BA-BAHS, DA-DA, and BEE-AAHHHRRS

I've been trying to wait it out to write this blog about the kids' current speech and vocabulary! But I felt like I had to share some of their words and what we hear from day to day....

Logan is definitely the biggest talker with English words....he has some semblance of many words like: da-da, ma-ma, ball, dog ("gog"), deer, brush (ba-baaaaash), shower (aaawashh), purple, baby, green, go, Ella, hippo ("bippo"), turtle and all of our favorite - bear (bee-ahhhr). To describe the way he says bear, think of someone with a really thick Boston accent saying 'beer'. And he draws it out, which makes it even cuter : )

Paulie is getting extremely interested in communication, but as of yet has not really put a lot of words out there. He points, and gestures and mimics, but the only words we've made out so far are: da-da, ma-ma, turtle, baby, ball, go and Ella. He uses the "word" bah-bah with different inflection or length to describe EVERYTHING. It is a constant tip-toe dance on the fine line between frustrating and incredibly cute. But like I said, I feel like he's more interested in communication than he was just a few weeks ago, but we'll see how long he can get along with bah-bah-ing his way through job interviews : )



Ella is extremely verbose and sure of her communication. The only problem is, we have no idea what those words are! She barks out orders and talks to her dolls and makes gestures to discuss everything from fashion to politics without a single English word : ) In all seriousness, she does have some words - da-da, ma-ma, jakey (our dog...and it's more like "jayjee"), baby and go. When she talks, she gets so serious and speaks in a deeper tone than her normal laugh or other sounds - similar to some of the videos that we posted when she gets her deep, baritone laugh! We're not sure where she picked that up, but it's really cute when she does it.

Overall, the last few weeks & months have been really good. We of course have our times (the boys are getting molars and some other teeth now), but they're really learning how to keep busy and playing. We're getting anxious to get outside and play because of the sunny days we've been having, but the weather is still just freezing : ( We'll make it soon though! Lots of yardwork for them to do!

Travel again...

I hesitate to write this as Christi and I are here in Williamsburg, VA for my cousin's wedding (congrats tomorrow, Janis and Joseph!) and I look to see when the last blog post was - and it was when we were in Florida! For a triplet family blog, the last few posts have been more about time away from home - trust me, it doesn't happen often - just a lot of things happening at once, I guess : )

I've posted some new pictures and video on PaulandChristi.com so feel free to check those out. But most of all, I wanted to update everyone on things that are going on with Ella, Logan and Paul!

The walking has turned to running. And the playing interaction is getting to be a comedy show to watch! They love taking turns going in and out of their "fort" laughing hysterically. Paulie loses it if someone chases him into the tent. Ella sits in there and waits until someone pops their head in and yells "boo"! Logan likes to chase and scream as he makes his way into the tent. It's amazing how different they are....

Fights are starting to break out - usually for little reason....and usually just because someone looked at them funny. We have a video of Ella bullying Paulie in a Pampers box (by far, our favorite diapers, btw!) while daring Christi to break up the fight : ) The most physical fights are when one of the three is on Christi or my lap and someone else wants to join. The incumbent sitter does not treat the challenger with kid gloves - usually some pushing and yelling ensues....

Christi and I think that words are going to be coming soon as Logan has really started to make some new sounds that are not distinguishable, but sound different than the "bahs" and "dahs"....who knows, maybe we're crazy but this vocabulary is definitely new!

I'll keep you all updated on how they do while we're away (they're having fun with Grampy & Grammy's house)....
Paul