Connor says...

Here is a conversation I recently had with Connor:

me: Connor, do you want some breakfast?
C: No
me: Are you thirsty?
C: No
me: Can I give you a hug?
C: No
me: Can I give you a kiss?
C: No
me: Do you need anything?
C: No
(I walk out of the kitchen, Connor throws himself down on the ground and bawls his eyes out, and kicks at the toy he threw down in the process)
me: Do you want to eat?
C: NO!!!!!
me: Do you want milk?
C: NO!!!!!
(I leave the room again. Connor cries harder, follows me. I pick him up, he fights to get down. I put him down, he cries even harder.)
me: What's wrong bubba?
C: (wahhhh wahhhh wahhh!!!)
me: Let's go sit in your high chair.
C: NOOOOO
(I pick him up and buckle him in, hand him a sippy cup of milk and a banana, which he proceeds to inhale)
me: Are you better now?
C: No
me: Are you still hungry?
C: No
me: Then let's get down from your high chair and get you cleaned up.
C: nonononononononononononono

Yes, you've guessed it, Connor has learned the word "no." For awhile, it sounded more like "woah" (like "woah horsie"), but now it's a definate NO. It's often very loud. It's often repeated several times in rapid succession. It's very frequently used when it's not meant. He knows it's a powerful word.

More of what Connor says:

HEY! (he said it especially forcefully when Daddy was trying to take a craisin out of his bowl the other day)
hi
bye
jiss (juice)
hat
buh-ba (grandpa)
mama
dada
derd (Jared)
ma-ee (Emily)
hot
eesh/ish (shoes, fish, tissue, drink, depending on the situation)
go
pah-ee (potty)
poopf (poop)
gog (dog)
back (with one finger held up for "be back in a minute")
bi-per (diaper)
my-ee (mine)
ball
eye
ock (sock)
yeah
yay
go
bapple (apple)
nahnah (banana)
boo
booboo
han (hand)
knuck (knucks--which is when he wants to touch fists with you, I believe our friend Dave taught that to Emily and it's passed on down the line of kids!)
uck (buckle, truck, stuck, depending on the situation)
bike
buck (book)
bah-poh (pillow)
nun (done)
boh (bowl)
annie (candy)

Those are what I can think of off the top of my head. He has a few others I don't dare try and spell! Obviously, he's not the most verbal kid on the planet, but he's gaining new words weekly at this point (Hey, done, bowl, boo boo, pillow, potty, diaper, and juice are all new within the last two weeks). Some lady just recently posted online that a two year old should be able to say approx 200 words. That leaves Connor needing to learn about 160 words in the next month! LOL I'm not worried about him at alll, just yet. He completely understands everything we tell him or ask him to do, he follows instructions that are several steps long, and he interacts and gets his point across rather well (Now, if only we could eliminate the execessive use of the word "no"). He also signs "please" (we still mostly have to prompt this one, but he's done it a few times unprompted), "thank you" (which he often uses for both please AND thank you), and we're working on the signs for "milk", "juice", "water", "eat", "sorry", and "more" (all of which he is quick to mimic if I sign them).