Doggy!

A few years ago, I wrote this post about Bailey's first "real" word association, and I've been meaning to do the same for Gerry's and just keep forgetting.  Let me brag about my kid for a minute {what else is new, right?}.  Gerry, at 16 months old, has a plethora of words that he says frequently, and he uses them correctly {mommy, daddy, Bailey, uh-oh, sorry, thank you, please, yee haw, hi, bye-bye, baby, ball, doggy, fruit snacks, eat, banana, juice, socks, shoes, sit, rock, night-night, no, belly}.  But the first word that he correctly used and understood?

Doggy.

Every time he says it, I can't help but laugh at his pronunciation.  He drawls like a southerner:  "Dooww-GEE!" {emphasis on the last syllable} and repeats it over and over and over until we acknowledge him.

We were taking a walk the other day and saw a dog a few blocks ahead of us.  G pointed and yelled "Doggy!  Woof woof!"  Same thing when a puppy showed up in one of his cartoons this morning:  "Woof!  Doggy!"  And whenever he passes by Ryder, either outside or when she's hanging out in her crate.  And again when one happened to pass by our house the other day when he was looking out the window.

 He gets it!  And it's awesome.