Ellie's vocabulary

So people have been asking us what words Ellie can say, and we can never think of them all on the spot. So here's a more-or-less comprehensive list of her more reliable words. A lot of the time other people might not recognize what she's saying, but that's the way it goes with toddlers.

• Mama
• all gone (she holds her hands up in the "baby sign langauge" way)
  
• clock (sounds more like "ca" but we know she means clock)
  
• cat
• dog (sounds like "doh-doh," in a sing-song style, but we know it's "dog")
• cheetah (she has a toy that names animals and a cheetah is one of them)
  
• duck
• moo (upon seeing a cow or a picture of one)
• meow (really, "nleow" but it happens when she sees a cat or a picture of one)
• baby (sounds like "mommy" but we know better)
• teeth, cheek, cheese, Jesus (these are all mostly the same sound but it's used in context so we know what she means)
• eyes
• shoe or shoes
• Oh shoot (seriously -- when she drops something or pulls her mitten off her hand or does something similarly unexpected, she says something very much like "Oh shoot." It was really funny when I realized what she was probably saying)
• Elmo (it really doesn't sound that much like Elmo but it's very consistent when she sees him, which is pretty often because he's on some of the diapers she wears) Oh yeah, just to warn ya, the link has annoying an Elmo voice)

I think that's all for right now. I may have forgotten something but I'll put it up as soon as I'm reminded of it.