Speaking Nicholas:

Nick is learning new words every day - honestly, he says more than "Shut up." In fact, this is the time in his life when he will pick up most of his vocabulary. Children learn more words at this time of their lives than any other time. The trouble is, they understand more than they can speak. As a parent, however, I have the advantage of understanding most of what he means. Here is a little guide, should you ever find yourself having a conversation with him, or if you should ever catch him on the phone.

nana - banana
nana - breakfast
guk - milk
guk - truck
guk - puck
uk - book
uk - duck
osh - juice
osh - ouch
key - cookie
Key - Cookie Monster
key - key
iss - cheese
iss - fish
iss - this
toe - tomato
at - cat
at - hat
Emo - Elmo
ap - clap
gee - doggie
no - no
cha - yes (sure)
cha - chair
dada - daddy
dada - man
dye-dye - bye-bye