talking

we think maya is talking pretty regularly now. we don't understand her most of the time, but i still think there are words forming. i swear she said "what's that?" one day. but it sounded more like "wa-sssss?" and then she definately says grandma, mama, dada, alan, all done, kitty and yeah. whenever we say something at alan...like "alan it's time to get ready to go" she'll walk around yelling"a-lan, a-lan." and then i taught her how to say please in sign language in one day. my mom and i have been using sign language for just a few things since she was about six months old, but we have never been really consistent or thorough. so one day i wouldn't give her anything until she signed please (touching your right hand to your upper chest in a circular motion...as far as i know) and now she does it all the time. actually her process goes something like this. "uh, uh... [clap, clap, point]...uh..[pat her chest once]...[clap]....point]...uuuuuuhhhhhh." it kind of appears that she's saying "mommy, take me outside now. please." she's pretty persistant. she also knows how to throw things in the garbage. she crawls around the kitchen floor until she finds things and then walks over and puts them in the garbage can. she's brilliant.