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Something smart I did when Zephyr was really starting to talk was carry around a piece of paper for a day, jotting down everything he said. Something that wasn't so smart was that I didn't date the paper, so now I have no idea how old he was when he was saying those things. I'd guess he was about a year and a half, an age Jubilee is quickly closing in on. So I did the same thing for her yesterday, and here it is:

Everything Jubilee Said on June 6th, 2008
No
Nuts...cheese...nuts...cheese
(We say "one," and she responds with) Two...Three!
book
Mommy
Where's Dada?
hey
wallet
block
shoes
hair
sister
baby
water
nurse
poop
biffy
ah me! (this means something like "my turn" and "do it again")
down
a diaper off!
cracker
cashew
that
'kay
truck
tea
bowl
(I asked her if she wanted rice. She answered:) Yeah. And beans!
bird
apple juice
teething tabs
I do that
job
open it
Why?
scissors
markers
Zephyr pee pee
car
baby
mouse
sorry mama (Zephyr taught her to say this. I'm not sure why- she has committed no transgressions to date.)
bite
Dada bite
nice
erase it
doggie

I also wanted to include a couple of conversations I've heard between Zephyr and Jubilee in the past couple of days. One day, they were playing around in the living room, when Jubilee said, "Zephyr, elephant!" Zephyr looked around, answering, "Where? Did it walk past the window?" "Uh-huh," Jubi affirmed. "I didn't see it," Zephyr sadly shook his head.

Over a year ago, I posted all the "why" questions Zephyr asked in one day. Now, he's getting a taste of his own medicine. I overheard this conversation on Thursday:
Z: Jubi, you should hunt when you're older.
J: Why?
Z: So you can eat meat.
J: Why?
Z: Because it's so yummy.
J: Why?
Z: Because it has fiber.
J: Why?
Although he doesn't have his nutritional information straight, you can see that Zephyr's still quite interested in eating meat one day. (For related, golden-oldie blogs, click here and here.)

Even though this is mostly a Jubi blog, I want to take the opportunity to record a couple of words that Zephyr still pronounces in his own special way, which we love. Instead of "remember" Zephyr says "ayember." Instead of "let's" he says "yet's," and instead of "destroy" he says "extroy." For example, when Jubilee is stomping around, pulling things of shelves and ripping up papers, he accurately pronounces her "Jubi the Extroyer." Also, instead of "because" he says "pecause," which is especially endearing to me, as I actually remember thinking the word started the same way in my early days of learning to write.