A 15-month old dictionary

Stella turned 15 months last October 12th. It's easier to remember, and to say that she's 1, but I understand that at this age, each month is a big milestone for children.

I thought I'd make a milestone time capsule for Stella, by documenting some of the words she can say on a regular basis. She seems to understand what these words mean, as she says them back to us in within the context, or uses some of them to communicate what she wants. I'll try to update this if I realize there are more words that she actually knows.

cheese /chees!/ - as my husband says, "To my daughter, everything good is cheese. Somehow, I resonate with that."
more /moh/ - I have a heard time weaning her from bottles of warm formula made by our Baby Brezza, still up to a couple of times in the middle of the night. How can you resist a cute little person, quietly walking up to your bedside, shaking her empty milk bottle at you, saying "moh"?
bird /behr/ - one of the first words she spoke, thanks to my Mom taking her out in the backyard and showing her the birds.
moon /muh/ - how we try and trick her to say good night to the moon, and fall right asleep! Doesn't usually work because the moon hasn't been showing up until after 9pm these nights.
cap /kap/ - from a silly book titled "Caps for Sale!"
milk /meehmeeh/ - I used to sing her the "milky-milk" song. This is the new short-cut to communicate the need for, well, milk
spi(der) /spah/ - she better not cry "spah" when I'm not around and she's with my husband. He's terrified of these critters! And she seems to spot them pretty quickly!
sit /sht/ - 
bubble /ba-boh/ - somehow, we come home with three bottles of play bubbles from her birthday party last July. Three. Bottomless. Bottles.
Noble /boble/ - our beloved 6-year old Doberman Pinscher. He is a very good dog to her, and she loves him. She's been saying his name upon waking, and also upon arriving home from daycare.
mango /mangho/ - she loves these cut up in squares. Her favorite were the blueberries, but seems to now also be mangoes, apples, and watermelon. Really almost anything!
apple /appoh/ - hopefully this keeps the doctor away!
two /tooh/ - she can kind of count, from two, straight to...
six /siz/ - siz!
pin /pin/ - I don't think this is a word we've taught her directly. One day, she pointed to Nick's pin on his shirt, and said, "pin." 
flower /fowehr/ - again, thanks to my Mom for taking her outdoors and calling out what they see
owl /ow/ - a frequent presence in her baby board books. I think she likes when we say, "hooo, hooo"
rabbit /wabbit/ - another animal she remembers from board books
shark /shahr!/ - that's right! Another one we all hope she doesn't cry out in real life.
crab /crah/ - her favorite bathtime toy. I usually sing, "Pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch-pinch-pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch-pinch-pinch!"
fish /fsh/ - another bathtime toy. And food we eat.
octopus /oc/ - I can't blame her, it's a difficult word to pronounce. Not to mention this bathtime toy of hers only has (7) and not (8) tentacles.
come /come/ - she made clear that she knew what this word meant. Last night, as I was trying to put her to bed, she ran out of her room. At the end of the hallway, she stood staring at me, while I was at her door. I said, "come", and she extends her arms, with her fingers, motions towards her, and said, "come, come." Oh, and with that glint in her eyes!
no /no!/ - of course, one of the first words she's learned. 
sky /skah/ - my mom calls our skylight the "sky window." I think this is how she learned this word.
hi /hi!/ - she can be very cute with people, when she says "hi!"
bye /bhay!/ - and also when she says "bye!" Nowadays, when my husband leaves the house, she says "bye!"
go /go!/ - last week, Nick said, "Ok, I'm gonna go now." She responds, "go!"
giraffe /jhi/ - her favorite animal, it seems. She was apparently fixated at the giraffes in the zoo. I would love to get her the standing one!
monkey /mohni/ - also learned from the book, "Caps for Sale." There was a bit of monkey business there, and she seemed to enjoy their mischievousness.
opo /opo/ - Filipino way of saying "yes" to those older than you are. My Mom taught her this too.
pig /her own snorting sound/ - she likes to kiss her piggy banks "good night". And she does the snort very, very well. 
tita /tita/ - she knows four Titas ("aunts"): Katrina, Coleen, Gabby, and Jill. My loves as well!

Sure, perhaps this is a little bit of me boasting. What parent wouldn't be elated with a child that is really beginning to talk the same words? But really, at the end of the day, I just love how much of an amusement Stella is to our household. I know she's my child so I have to love her, but, damn I love that child!