Sunday, March 04, 2007

Uh-Oh

Aside from an occasional and somewhat randomly placed "mama" and "dada", and a fleeting "duck", Calvin isn't too verbal yet. He jabbers a lot, but hasn't said anything familiar ... until now.

Returning from Universal Studios during our Florida trip, Calvin overheard our friend say, "uh-oh", and replied with a melodic echo. We were all amazed, and I think he, too, was pleased to hear his successful mimic because he kept at it, repeating again and again ... uh-oh ... uh-oh ... uh-oh .....

We heard it throughout the trip and each day he found more appropriate times to say it ... when he dropped his cup, for example. In fact, it seemed like he would sometimes create a situation calling for said exclamation ... at times the "dropped" cup's trajectory was a giveaway.

As with all of Calvin's sound effects, he nearly sings this phrase. Listen for yourself: http://www.vsocial.com/video/?d=74731

Note: he is prompted for the sake of capturing it on video, but this isn't necessary if you wait for the right moment.

3 comments:

Esther said...

Beautiful sounds to my ears! Cal's been pretty sophisticated with his throat and tongue from the beginning. We couldn't even imitate the wonderful sounds he made. He'll figure out what to do with his lips soon enough. Precious boy!!!

Anonymous said...

could this kid BE any cuter?!?!

Marina said...

THIS is SO cute!