In his sixteenth month, Jonas is: Â adding even more words to his already amazing vocabulary (“tee” for “tree”, “goo guh” for “good girl”, “choo” for “shoe”, “cap” for “clap”, “cah” for “(dog) collar”, “momah” for “snowman”, “moh” for “more”, “i yah” for “i love you”, “tall” for “tall” and “talk”, “two”, “crakah” for “cracker”, “coo coo” for “cookie”, “ih neh” for “empty”, “aht” for “hot”, “no no”, “gentuh” for “gentle”, “nih nih” for “night night”, “peace” for “peace”, “piece”, and please”; and “wal-mah” for “wal-mart”); using a few new signs (“all done”, “change diaper”, and “thank you”); making valiant (if messy) efforts to use a spoon; spending more time scribbling with crayons than trying to eat them; wildly enjoying games of chase with DaDa and Petra; being a brave boy with his biggest boo boo to date (he fell at the dog park when he was running towards me and out came the largest goose egg on his forehead that I have ever seen); turning into quite the little spontaneous, heart-melting, snuggle bunny; going up the stairs walking instead of crawling; showing us all of the “no nos” in the house with a quick run to the site of offense and a passionate “no no” upon arrival; pointing to himself when you ask him where Jonas is; and continuing to explode with personality.
