{caroline is talking!}

Caroline didn't say much before two, but once she hit that magical age, all of a sudden, she was talking! I absolutely love her little voice, and adore all the cute ways she pronounces everything.

My favorites are thhe kids' names. She can say Emma and Jack, but she has nicknames for everyone else.  Kate is "bug", because we call her Kate-bug, Henry is "dog", because that's one of his nicknames. She calls Ryan "Hippo", and it's the funniest story.  He's been called "Rhino" forever by Rick and a few others (not me), and someone suggested to her that because she couldn't say it, "Hippo" would be the next best thing.  SO funny, but it caught on, and now he is and forever will be her Hippo.

Clearly we are big on nicknames at our house, and it's mostly Rick's fault.  He loves to give them, and not just one.  He has called Caroline "Pete" since before she was born--sometimes Petey-Pie, or Petey-Pants, but Pete is usually in there somewhere.  She hears it so much that now when you ask her her name, she says Pete more than half of the time! The other half it's Liney, and a few times it might be Chubby.

She loves to sing, and the "temple" song is her favorite.  We sing it every.single.night, and now she can join in on a few words.  We sing in this order:  I Love to See the Temple, Twinkle Twinkle, and finally Book of Mormon Stories.  It never varies!  She also loves Itsy Bitsy Spider, but says "buggy" instead of spider.  LOVE that.  When she's scared, or wants to scare someone, she says "ghost!" instead of boo, and it cracks me up every time.

She is just utterly delightful, and I hope to hang on to this adorable talking stage for as long as possible!

poke = park
hoppo = ryan
bug = kate
dog = henry
pinky = pink
what's your name?  = pete, coco
empy = empty
blinking = bleeding

charlie = trolley

grosh = groceries

buttle = buckle, as in "buckle me"

chickies = cheeks

ghost! = Boo!

favorite song? "temple"
"tinkle, tinkle little tar" = twinkle, twinkle
"itsy bitsy buggy"