The New Agua

Just when we thought Nathaniel’s vocabulary had devolved into a single word, “agua,” it has reversed course and evolved substantially in less than two days.

Wednesday evening, his jazz hands sign language was accompanied by the actual words, “All done!”  Well, maybe it was “All da!”  But still, that is practically a phrase.  Then, on Thursday morning before we left for Dr. Antsy’s, Natesy blurted out the words “belly button!” clear as day.  And in the doctor’s office, he pointed to the drawer of the exam table where she keeps kid books and exclaimed, “Open it!”

After that string of progress, it seems his vocabulary has plateaued again: “Open it” is the new “Agua.”