Chatty Cathy...er...Kellen!

Since little Mr. Kellen has been Mr. Let-Me-Tell-You-Something lately (or Mr. Repeat-What-You-Just-Said), I've been keeping a little notebook handy to write down HOW he says stuff.  My absolute favorite is that he has just started saying "I love you" after we say it to him.  OH my goodness, I crumble into tiny pieces when he does it!  It comes out - "I bub you!"  Here's the rest of the list:

"I bub you" - I love you
"Oh-mey" - Open
"Trash!" - Crash!
"Char" - Car
"Bubby"  - Monkey  (which is funny cuz that's what we call him!)
"Tee - Tao!" -  Sit Down!
"Ma - Na - Mees?" - Vitamins (said in questioning tone because he wants me to give him some)
"Boo - bah" - Football
"Tee - tot" - It's hot!  (Refers to fireplace, oven, and sun)
"Ehw - mo" - Elmo
"Baf" - Bath
"Mouse" - Mouth
"Pees" - Please
"Tank To" - Thank You (said almost under his breath)
"Mo" - More
"Poo" - Pool
"Air-pane" - Airplane
"Tee - Ta!!" - Pizza

He also says Milk, Apple Juice, Doggie, Agua (for water!), Movie, Outside, Up, Night-Night, Book, Shoes, Truck, Bus, Jacket, Eyes, Cheeks, Nose, Feet,  Cheese, Hi, Bye-Bye, Ow, Poo-Poo, Pee-Pee, Kitty, Rawr! and of COURSE, NO and MINE very well.  And there are a ton of other words he says, but I can't remember how he pronounces them offhand.  He babbles a lot too...well, I should say, it sounds like babble, but I could just not be understanding him!

Tonight, if I do say so myself, I made an awesome dinner: Garlic - Rosemary Roasted Cornish Game Hen with white wine reduction, Garlic - Parmesan Mashed Red Potatoes with Rosemary, Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes with Basil Butter Sauce, and Salad with homemade balsamic dressing. Kellen liked everything except the vegetables.  :(  My biggest challenge is getting him to eat vegetables.  He won't even eat carrots. He'll sometimes eat green beans, and he's been known to eat lettuce at Aunt Ida's (he likes her dressing, of course!).  He'll eat spinach when it's scrambled with eggs.  I've taken to adding green veggie puree to things like meatloaf-- neither he nor Patrick ever realize it.

It's pouring rain now...THANK GOD.  We need it SO badly...