Jalen Dozes off in the Car

Last weekend we went to Vancouver to visit Jalen's Grandma and Grandpa. Here's Jalen falling asleep in the car on the way back. I think it too less than 2 minutes after he got into the car to fall asleep.

Jalen eats oranges

Here's a video of Jalen eatings some orange slices. Then he says "cheers" because he has a bottle of milk and a bottle of juice and he likes to do "cheers" with himself. then when I asked him to show me how he does "cheers" he thinks I'm asking for the "chair" and brings over his chair.

Jalen Loves Cars

Jalen's interest in cars has recently developed into an obsession. They've become his favourite things in the world. Well, hip hop music is probably a close second. Anyway, one day we were watching TV and there was a commercial on TV with a talking cartoon car. I think it was a Chevron commercial. Jalen understands that you can rewind TV because we have a DVR, so he asked to watch the commercial again and again. We decided to give our remote a rest and showed him the Disney Pixar movie "Cars". Since then, he's been asking to watch Cars everyday. We've showed him Kung Fu Panda and Finding Nemo but all he wants is Cars. Here's a video of him sitting back and enjoying his favourite movie.

Jalen eats beans

Jalen counts from 1 to 10

Jalen is counting in Chinese! He's actually quite good at the accents, better than his daddy.

Obama, Yeah!

In case you guys haven't seen this YouTube video, "Obama" has become a part of Jalen's regular vocabulary. When we're riding in the car together listening to NPR, every time he hears "Obama" (which is a lot) he would say "Obama!"

Jalen's Vocabulary at 21 Months

I haven't updated Jalen's progress for a while because the amount of changes he's been going through is less dramatic than when he was younger. He's just doing his job being a kid, playing, eating, napping and pooping. One thing to note is that his vocabulary is growing. He understands a lot of what you're saying and he is starting to say more of it back. Here's a sample of the most common words you'll hear from him.

Mama
Dada
No
Mine - this is a new one and we didn't teach him it either. Perhaps he learned it from daycare?
Please
Thank you - this one still sounds like "doo doo"
More
Juice
Nai nai - milk in Chinese
bye bye
uh oh
cracker
bath
coo coo - baby talk for sleep
car
ball
yeah
Obama
chicken - this one sounds like "chi chi"
bean
apple
banana - he just says nana
cheese
open
close
chair

As you may notice, he knows a lot of important words, most of them involve food!