our littlest chatterbox

I thought Rachel talked a lot.  But Rebecca may well give her a run for her money in a couple of years, judging from how much she jibber jabbers now. She seems to really like the sound of her own voice, so she's constantly "talking." 

Sometimes she even makes sense!  Just now, as I was typing this, for instance, the school bus stopped outside to drop off our neighbor (it's the afternoon bus, so Rachel wasn't on it).  The breaks squeaked quite a bit because it's raining out, so Rebecca heard all the squeaking.  She stopped what she was doing, listened, and said, plain as day, "bus!"  She hadn't even seen it--she knew just from the sound!  What a smart girl.

Here are some other words she's learned in the last couple of weeks:

"uh-oh"
"baaa-baaa" (her sheep sound--not really a word, but that's what she says when she sees a picture of a sheep)
"car"
"gock" (this is her word for sock, but also for clock)
"la-la-la" (she says this whenever she hears/sees someone singing, and then she usually starts dancing)

She's a talker, that's for sure, and just like Rachel, we're not sure where she gets it.


(In other news, I think the tooth fairy will be making her first stop at our house in the next day or two.!!  Rachel discovered her very first loose teeth this morning before school!  Two at the same time!  She's so excited, but a little nervous at the same time, because I told her it might bleed a little bit.  I, on the other hand, tear up when I think about what it means....just another step closer to my little girl growing up....  So what's the going rate for the tooth fairy these days, anyway????)