Gaby's vocabulary is building by the day. The enunciation could still use some work. It's really amazing though how many words you can build off of the same one or two syllables. For example:
The sound:" Jue" is the way she says he word "Shoe", the word "Juice" and the word "Tutu", which is "JueJue".
"Fwoof Fwoof" is "woof woof", her word for dog, and "Foo-Fiye" is "butterfly".
Although the verbal communication is still light, she combined it quite effectively with body language to communicate her needs and positions incredibly clearly. It's obvious after interacting with her for only a few minutes that she completely understands everything.
Tonight for example she came walking into the room where Annabel and I were watching TV. She was carrying a roll that she apparently swiped from the dinner table. She climbed up on the couch, then laid on her back, unzipped her pajama top and ate the roll while lying down. This of course got crumbs all over her neck and chest which she completely ignored as she chewed and watched TV. After about five minutes of lying there, she turns her head toward me and says "Doe-Doe", which is her word for bottle.
I got up to get her one, and she turned her head back to the TV.
"You are lazy" I said.
She responds by gleefully giggling back at me.
