Mr. Chatter Box

Brooks started saying his first words within the past few months and his vocabulary has grown quickly. He will attempt to say anything you ask although a lot of the times it comes out in various noises. His first word he said was "up" and "apple" came second. Here is a general list of what he can say and our translation.

Bow - Boat (Gemma taught him this and it's the first word he says when he sees her)
Car
Bawl - Ball
Nanna - Banana
Bah Bah - Bye Bye
Heh woe - Hello
Bobby - Paci (Not sure why it comes out as Bobby)
Mama
Dada
Behbee - Baby
Wa err - Water
Mow - More
Eat
Beat - Bite (This is also what he calls grapes b/c I always tell him to bite it)
Berry
Peas - Please
Baa - Bath
Iiiiii - Five (That's how high we count)
Go Go Go (He says this at anything that moves, but mostly football games.)
Walk

He can also run through family names. I have yet to catch this run through on video.
Emma - Gemma
On - John
Bean - Ben
Popi - He says that clearly.

Gramma - Mama
Pa pa (He says this like a little Hispanic child)
Ad a - Adam
Minnie - Mandy
Ree Ree - Rachel
Oh (Super high pitch) - Jo Jo

Lastly, we can do animal sounds and since I took this video he now knows what a horse and duck says. :)

Week of the Wallace's

I realize the Wallace family vacation took place in August and it's now mid-November, however, we moved to a new house and had a baby. I would love to say I hope I remember everything from that week, but there are only three things that are important to Justin, Ben, John and Gary. Beach, booze and the bean bag game. And, if I had to name a fourth, it's nap time.

The Wallace family has spent the last three summer vacations at a beach house in Murrells Inlet. Brooks learned how to roll from his stomach to his back at the house last summer. This year, Brooks learned the word "boat." Thanks to Gemma (Vicki) Brooks not only learned how to "say" boat, but he likes to say it with passion and excitement. He also learned how to say Uncle Ben's name.... here is some video of that. 

Brooks certainly fits in with the Wallace family favorite things to do. He has no fear of the water and without any supervision would keep walking into the ocean until he disappeared. He also found it entertaining to find seashells and throw them back into the water. He would get a good laugh out of that activity.


We found another water option for Brooks that required fewer watchful eyes and kept him contained to a smaller area. Gemma brought an aero pool which we filled up with a few feet of water. Brooks showed his super silly side playing in the pool. He thought it was hilarious to spin and slide his feet so he would fall and splash water in his face. I didn't capture that on video, but you do get to see his pure happiness of playing in the water. This video also shows his ability to drink the water and do his hulk impression.

 

Here are a couple of pictures of Brooks taking part in the other family favorites... bean bag toss and nap time.



The week also provided some precious moments of Justin and Brooks together. As you can see from nap time, they have similar sleeping positions. You can tell Brooks will grow up to have a great appreciation for vacation.


Uncle Terry and Aunt Mary spent the week with us as well. They live in Paducah and provided everyone with UK shirts. Brooks received a hat which he wore long enough to get this picture. :) The week went well although it did end quickly when hurricane Irene forced us to evacuate from the Inlet a couple days early. Fortunately, the system went North and only dumped a couple inches of rain in our area.