New words!

Lily is beginning to copy what we say and to our absolute amazement, most of the time, gets it right!  My mom was visiting last week and we went out for lunch along the beach with my sister and a friend.  A helicopter kept on flying past so Lily kept on pointing at it.  My mom said to her "helicopter" and to our absolute astonishment, out came "copter"!  And she didn't only say it once, she said it a few times.  We all looked at each other with our mouths open.

Also during the last few days, Lily has been looking up into the sky or out of the window and points at the birds flying past.  We keep saying "birdy" to her, but her pronunciation is "birday".  It is so sweet hearing her listen to what we say and then repeat it in her own way.  My heart really does melt with pride.

Another thing she has been saying is "bless you" when someone sneezes and she also said our dog Bella's name perfectly.  She pronounced the "B" and "L" sounds 100% correctly! 

So although my little angel is 14.5 months old now and still isn't walking, she is definitely talking and doing far more verbalizing than her peers.  I suppose you can't compare toddlers, they will develop in their own time and even though she is crawling along while her friends walk around her, she definitely has far more to say!