vaughn to english dictionary

when we went to the doctor for vaughn's 18 month check-up, the doctor asked how many words he could say. i foolishly answered 10-15. when we really got to thinking about it, he can say a lot more (31 at the time of the appointment). this is the complete list as of today. so if you're going to spend some time with vaughn, this translation should help.

ah-apple
bawl-ball
BANG!-banging two objects together (mostly goat heads)
bane-bank
ba-bath
bean-bean or any small hard object like candy
beh-bed
bee-bee
beedle-beetle
by-bite
boo-blue
boot-boot
ba-bottle
bra-brush
but-button
bye-bye
ease-cheese
chock-chocolate
co-coat
bine-combine
kow-cow
rar-cracker, or the sound a bear and alligator make
da-dad
down-down
eh-egg
ire-fire
gate-gate
gi-get it
go-goat or go
geen-green
pa-grandpa
haa- hat
hi-hi
hep-help
eye- ice or eye
joo- juice
ki-kitty
nigh-knife
me-me (or someone to take him somewhere)
ma-milk
mine-mine
mum-mom
moon-moon
mo-more
night-night
oh-open
owt-out
ow-owl
pla-please
coot-scoot to zelda
wheat-sesame street
boo-shampoo
who-shoe
saw-socks
pie-spider
poon-spoon
ick-stick
t-tea
chi-three
do-two
uh-up
wa er- water
weeeener- wiener
wee ah-white out
pooh-winnie the pooh
yeah-yeah
lellow-yellow
z-zelda

vaughn's also been getting lots of teeth. the bottom left molar erupted on the 17th, with that canine and the bottom right molar coming in on the 25th . andyesterday, i saw the little points of his top canines poking through. looks like we'll have to get some more ibuprofen.
vaughn also loves to take the ornaments off the christmas tree and moving them all over the house.

a happy halloween you have!

i know this is a day late, but hopefully the pictures make up for it. mom made the costume, and vaughn (even though he usually hates hats) wore it most of the evening.

here he is trimming his grandma's tree with his light saber:

dancing king

vaughn has really gotten into dancing, and will sometimes start boogeying to random music on the tv or in restaurants.


he's learned to use the sleep and snooze button on this radio, so he can turn it on and off at will.

rhinos, and dolphins, and bears, oh my!

there was also one lion, and one tiger, and lots of other animals, but those were vaughn's favorites. today we went to the indianapolis zoo with josh's parents. vaughn would not nap on the way down, and fell asleep when we pulled into the parking lot. but he woke up as we were walking in, so he didn't miss any animals. i was afraid that most of the animals would be inside due to the cold weather, but i think the only things that weren't out were the australian animals because they were constructing the cheetah enclosure (opening memorial day 2010) right next to them. it was kind of hard for vaughn to see an animal unless it was moving. the first three: deer, red panda, and tiger were all sleeping.

vaughn absolutely loved the bears (he has a resin brown bear that he sometimes carries around) and kept making growling noises at them. luckily, they weren't threatened.

he really like the rhinos (also a resin replica), and wanted to go and see them again after we walked past them a second time.

there was a really cute baby giraffe and two adorable baby elephants, and vaughn was very upset that he couldn't take a bath with the elephants.

(josh just told vaughn that grandma was taking a baby elephant home with her)

the dolphin exhibit has and underwater glass gazebo and you can watch the dolphins swim over you. after spending quite some time with the dolphins, we left. and then vaughn started making the 'more' sign and we went back for a second visit. the last stop was the ocean exhibit, where you can pet dog sharks as long as you follow a few rules. use two fingers, put your hand in after their heads have swum by, and don't touch their fins. vaughn had the cutest smile on his face(away from the camera of course) after he touched the first shark. here he is breaking the rules on his second shark:

a month of harvesting

so i've been too busy (lazy really) to post recently. with all the food harvesting and vacationing and vaccinating, it has really been a busy couple of months. and although i'm not taking nearly as many pictures of vaughn as i should, i did manage to get these taken. vaughn was very helpful in the garden this year:

washing and freezing carrots
picking peaches in michigan

harvesting potatoes

eating apples from a local orchard

picking sweet corn
(and feeding the husks to the cows)