Funny Things he says

Chanler has a friend named Sadie. We went with Sadie and her mom and sister to Target today. Anytime Sadie was out of view Chanler started calling for her. When we left to go the their house Chanler whined the whole way home for Sadie.

Can you say CRUSH

Added:
Any time I have gone into a store since the Target episode Chanler starts asking for Saide. He will also call her on his phone while driving or just playing.

It is a bit of a “sick” day today, Chanler has a low grade fever and is flirting with a higher fever, so we decided to have a laid back dinner of mac ‘n cheese.

So we are sitting at the table saying “macaroni” to Chanler and listening to him say vaguely recognizable approximations of “macaroni” back to us, and then he holds up his fork, points to it, and says clear as day, “and cheese!”

Today for the first time Chanler said Amen during grace before dinner. He then continued to say amen (and grab our hands) for the next 5 minutes. It just melted our hearts, but made it difficult to eat dinner 😉

Fashion Sense???

Today Chanler made his first “fashion choice.” (picture to be posted)

Preface: Chanler loves socks! (and hates most other clothes).

This morning while trying to get him dressed he opened the sock drawer and started pointing (he can’t actually reach into the sock drawer yet!) I picked out his usual white socks and he responded “NO” and continued to point. So I picked up the pair closest to where he was pointing (the blue, green and orange striped pair that the Silver’s gave him for Christmas) and he laughed and sat down so I could put them on. Needless to say they wouldn’t have been my choice to go with the Hawaiian shirt he was wearing, but he was the one wearing them =]

New Words:
Airplane/Plane
Fire truck
Apple
BYE (said in the loudest voice possible and with a wave)
Cheese
Cheers
More Please
Garbage truck
Tigger (the Disney character)

Chanler and I were eating lunch today (me – tuna fish sandwhich; Chanler – strawberries – 9 to be exact) when Chanler offered me a strawberry piece and said (I swear) “you want a bite?”

Language is a funny thing. I don’t expect Chanler to use sentences since he still only uses a few single words consistenly, but I know what I heard.

Other sentences I think I’ve heard:
I see (used during peek-a-boo)
buy it (used while pointing at anything)
you go (while handing you something)

Chanler has learned some new words (and the signs that go with them) this week. Currently “down” has replaced more as the catch all word.

Chanler also now signs milk/nurse instead of pulling on my shirt. I guess my persistence finally paid off.

Chanler has begun to consistently sign. Currently his only reliable sign is “more”*. More means anything and everything from I’m hungry, I want ______, and even time to nurse mommy. I know it is part of development, but it is sure confusing right now. Chanler must have said “more” 200 times today alone.

*As a side note Chanler has something of a “sign impediment” (jk) he makes the more sign with his right hand as shown in the link, but his left had flat. I have seen a variation using the flat hand and pointer finger to sign more (Thanks Fanny for confusing my kid hahaha). I guess Chanler just wanted to bring everyone together . . .

We were sitting at dinner tonight when we think Chanler signed for the first time. He was eating and after reaching for his food he made the gesture for “more”. He seemed very pleased with himself when we immediately gave him more food.