conversations

Rebecca's talking is ramping up even more lately.  You can actually sort of have a conversation with her now.  Here's one from earlier today:

Rebecca: "Mommy.....ahh done now."  (as she was finished eating lunch)
Mommy:  "Would you like to get down?"
R: "Des, peas." (yes please)
M: (I got her out of her booster seat.)
R: "Mommy....cars...me...minute."
M: "You'd like Mommy to play cars with you for a minute?"
R: "Des, peas."

So we played cars.....

Here's another recent conversation.

R: "Wawn Mower!" (she's currently obsessed with lawn mowers--I remember Rachel loving them at this age, too)
M: "Yes, I hear a lawn mower, too!"
R: "Dee it?"
M: "You want to see it?"
R: "Des, peas."
M: "I don't know where it is."
R: " 'ere'd go?" (Where'd it go?--with arms outstretched, palms up)
M: "I don't know."
R: "Mommy....died it."  (Find it)
M: (I finally saw the neighbor across the street bringing his lawn mower back to his garage, and he turned it off.)  "There's the lawn mower!  He's all done!"
R: "Mo wawn mower?"
M: "No more lawn mower.  He's all done now."
R: "Daddy....wawn mower....gahge....noise...times." (Daddy's lawn mower is in the garage.  It makes noise sometimes.)

She definitely finds a way to get her point across!  Sometimes I have to tell her that Mommy doesn't understand what she's saying, but most of the time, I can translate.  She's out of luck if I'm not around, though.  Daddy (and everyone else) has a harder time understanding her, though Grandma's pretty good at it when she spends a little bit of time with her.