More new words

Didn't I predict yesterday that it was going to become an avalanche of language? She'll be 18 months old in just two weeks, and she's becoming a talker! Her pronunciation is very good; in fact, it is so good that I fear I might not be noticing the words she pronounces indistinctly. She says "sheep" just as clear as a bell. It's almost startling.

Anyway, today's new words:

• ear
• deer
• dog
• door
  
• hello (always said when holding a telephone)
  
• sky
• tea

After Isaac spotted a deer in our front yard this afternoon, Laurel said "deer" at least 30 times. She was very excited about it.

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So in alphabetical order, here's the grand list of the 35 words Laurel can speak (or at least the words she has spoken, although she seems to have abandoned some of them):

• arf (sound of the dog)
• ball
• berry (pronounced "shaw," short for strawberry)
• car
• caw (sound of the crow)
  
• cup (pronounced "up")
  
• Da-da
• deer
• dog
• doll
• door
  
• ear
• eye
• gobble (sound of the turkey)
  
• hat
• hello
  
• hi
  
• hoo-hoo (sound of the owl)
• hot
• Isaac
• knee
• Ma
• moo
• moon
• out
  
• owl
• sheep
• shoe
• sky
• [snoring sound] (sound of someone sleeping)
• sock
• star
• tea
• uh-oh
• up

As far as communication goes, it's not the world's most useful list. She can ask for a cup, at least. Do you see a common thread here? She doesn't say any verbs yet, I think; her words are mostly nouns, and only one adjective. She is interested in the outdoors; there are quite a few animal names (including birds!) and animal sounds. She doesn't say "no" or "yes." Does this reveal anything about her character?