Everyone's been asking me what Leah says these days.. so here's a list straight from her mouth:

• Not counting the usual "mommy," "daddy," "bye bye," "baby"
• "binky" - this is clear as day, and she wants her binky NOW when she says it
• "banky" - this is also very clear that she wants her blanky and if you don't get the message, she will take you by the hand and lead you to her bed where her blanky is and point in her crib and say "banky!"
• "ni-ni" - night night
• "soos" - we keep her shoes in a basket on a table in the entryway, she points to them and says "soos" when she wants to go for a walk, which she calls "caulk"
• "joos" - juice. not to be confused with shoes, they sound very similar, and anything in a sippy cup is called "joos"no matter if it's water or milk
• "mon(long pause)keee" - tim's nickname for leah has always been monkey and now its so funny when she says it because she takes a dramatic pause in between syllables, which she also does for the word outside
• "ow(long dramatic pause)siiiiii" - outside. she usually goes to the back door, trying to turn the key and says "ow siii" and she wants to go now no matter if its still 108 degrees out, and if i tell her its too hot she bangs on the door and says "NO!"
• which brings us to my least favorite of her words.. "NO!" and she says it just like that. very demanding and its usually followed by some sort of hitting motion in the air. sometimes she hits the dogs or my leg, for which she gets a time out
• "no no no no" - this is cute and not like the other NO because she always does 4 in a row and she's talking to the dogs, and it's accompanied by a pointing finger motion at them. she tells them this when they are playing or barking too loud.
• "Jes" - Yes. she also likes this word
• "Bubba" - this is what we call the dog, her best friend, who she chases around with her stroller or car or anything else she can push
• "dog dog" - general term for dogs, she also says "woo woo" as in woof woof
• "mow" - meow. we see a lot of stray cats in the neighborhood on our nightly walks, she just points them out and says "mow"
• "bew but" - belly button. she lifts her shirt up, grabs her belly button and says "bew but," she went a little higher one day and i told her that was called boobies and yes she now says "boobies" every now and then. not something i encourage, even though it was my fault
• "nose" - proceeds to stick her finger as far up her nose (or yours for that matter)
• "eye" - and pokes herself in the eye (or you)
• "luhluh" - i love you. we taught her to wave her fingers like an "L" shape and say i love you, which sounds like "luhluh" but it's the most precious thing ever
• "mow" - more. my mom taught her the sign language for more, so she says "mow" and taps her pointer finger in her other palm. sometimes is very demanding.
• "peas" - please
• "tan to" - thank you, she also does the sign for this

This is all I can think of right now, but she's learning new words every day!