She only has a few words that she can pronounce clear enough for us to understand. Among them are baby, ut-oh, woah, and Bubba.
She refuses to call us by name. Instead, she shrieks, "EEEEEEEEEEE!" whenever she wants our attention. "EEEEEEEEEEE!" with arms extended up. "EEEEEEEEEEEE!" with her hands frantically signing that she wants to eat, to drink, to read a book.
When she sees Archie, she pronunciates. "Bub-ba. Bub-ba. BUB-BA." An occasional "woof woof" seems to always sneak its way in, too. How she knows that he has multiple names, that he answers to Bubba as well as Archie, is amazing to me. It also drives Josh a little nuts.
"When are you going to say, daddy?" he asks her.
She looks right at him and grins.
"Bub-ba," she says and points to Archie.
Yes, my dear, this is your Bubba. The dog whom you love, and eventually, he will love you too.
I can think of another Bubba whom Lola would love.
ReplyDeleteAt least her first word wasn't "no"... still one of MJ's favorites, but it was all she said for weeks! :-)
ReplyDeleteHee hee. :)
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