My name is Oscar

It's been a hectic few weeks in my work life, and on top of all that we're also moving house. But it's not only been hectic for me and C: (not so) little O has also been a busy bee.

Mainly he's been busy in the brain development area - learning and speaking new words pretty much daily. And I'm a sucker for it - every new word brings an inner gasp of amazement from me. I know of course I went through the same development as a little dude - but seeing it close-up in someone else (particularly your own flesh and blood) is just astounding. Kind of like going to a safari park for the first time - how do giraffes run so fast with those amazingly long legs? How incredibly rough and hard a rhino's skin is, and so on?

For quite some time the little guy was plateaued - we were limited to "mama", "daddy" and "nana". But the past couple of weeks have seen a sudden boost! So here are just some of the words Oscar's starting saying over the past couple of weeks:

Oscar
Rainbow
High-chair
Sweetcorn (this word was a major favourite for quite some time)
Pea
Doggie
Bubble
Ball
Baby
Grandma (that's someone different to Nana, you see)
Digger
Car
Cheese
Pasta (this one comes out more like "pa-ta", but we understand it!)
Apple
Banana (this one is "naa-naa", which is actually different from "Nana")

On top of that he's also doing some good animal noises. If you catch him in the right mood and point to a cow he'll say "moo"; a sheep will elicit "baa", a lion will bring forth "grrrraaaaaa", and sometimes, a horse will bring a kind of "neigh".

Just incredible. He makes my day.