"Boop"

Elina is almost 18 months old, and she has developed quite a little vocabulary:

Na-ps - with a pause before saying the “ps”, this means “snap” which means alligator, crocodile, etc. Elina has a hard time sounding “s” at the beginning of a word, so she says it at the end.

George - she actually says this one pretty good, it means Curious George

Up - she’s got this one “down” as well (no pun intended), this means get me in mommy’s arms pronto

Boop - this means Book. It cracks me up how she’ll wake up in her crib without us knowing, and then suddenly the first word we’ll hear from her is “Boop”

Mamma - you guessed it

Dadda - I love it when she calls my name, but Kathy and I both know that she’s a momma’s girl

Milp - whole milk is her favorite

Eat - she says this one very good, but sometimes she says it to interrupt mommy or daddy when trying to put her to bed for the night. She’s a sneaky one.

Eas or Peas - depending on the context, this means either “please” or “peas”. The peas are out in the garden, so she knows she gets to go out in the back yard with mommy or daddy when she says “peas”

Chees - sometimes that’s all she’ll eat, she especially likes string cheese

Bath - splish splash

Ice - this is a staple for Elina. She loves ice chips and prefers them over virtually any other food. I hope she doesn’t go on her first date and just order parsley and ice water. I’ll have to train her on how to down a 32-ounce steak!

No-s - this means “snow” with the “s” at the end

Nose - this one’s on our faces