Jane's Talking Explosion

Over the last couple of weeks, Jane has been trying multiple new words every day, which is a marked change from her days of reveling in a single word only (bird, ball, & car, in succession).  We are still amazed every time she says one and realize it is the beginning of a major shift in how we interact with her since we will be able to communicate verbally (strange!).  This morning, she said "stairs" first thing when we walked by the stairs (we talk about how they are dangerous a lot, but she's never said it before).  Then, she said "Jane" when looking at a picture of herself!  And, her favorite word for the last week has been "bye," which she usually says "bah-bah" with a cute wave, and she says it to everyone and everything, including people in stores, dogs outside, and cars on the street.  But today, she clearly said "bye-bye" when Michael left for work.  Adorbs, like everything she does!  She also still has her few signs--more, please, bath, and down.  And she loves to talk in gibberish. Her favorite word is "abeesh" or variations thereof; we wish we knew what it meant. 

Jane is also getting very huggy, especially with stuffed animals. She has a lion and a paci that are only for bedtime, and she has become very clever and persistent about stealing them out of her room, no matter where we hide them. It's so cute to see her hug the lion to her face, so it's hard to take it away from her.  She also loves dancing to any music, going outside, imitating the chickens ("bok bok bok"), running back and forth, looking at whatever we're cooking on the stove, hearing loud machines, reading, seeing the cat outside, bouncing on the couch, trying to touch the potty and unroll the toilet paper, trying to steal my phone and flick the screen with her finger, and trying to flick the TV screen like it is a smartphone.