Bye Bacuum

It's been really interesting and fun to see Olivia's speech develop. The more she talks, the more I feel like I get to see her personality. I don't know if most kids do this, but one thing that has made us laugh lately is that Olivia says hi and bye to everything, including inanimate objects. She tells her shoes bye, she says hello to her socks, she says goodbye to the car and the house. She's even started saying goodbye to her diapers by saying, "Bye stinkies." I've been wondering if this has been influenced by the book Goodnight Moon. She adores this book and both Yale and I have it memorized because we've read it so many times. If you're not familiar with the book, each page tells different things in the room goodnight. For example, "Goodnight comb, goodnight brush. Goodnight bowl full of mush." The part of this stage that seems particularly funny and intriguing is that Olivia even says hi to things she's scared of like the vacuum cleaner. Whenever we vacuum she often cries and is very eager for us to put it away. Yet, when she walks by the closet where it's stored, she waves and says, "Hi bacuum" even if the door is closed. It makes me wonder if this is her way to try to get over her fear.