A-vo-ca-do

I've mentioned before that there are known speech delays in people with Williams syndrome. Buddy hasn't been an exception. From what I've read and heard from other parents of those with WS, 28 months is the average age for speech to begin emerging. And it's been within the past few months that he's begun babbling more and trying actual words.

His first clear word, besides mama and dada, was bubble, which he uttered in the bathtub as Husband was blowing bubbles for him to catch (that was in February, 2011). Since then, he's been trying other words and sounds. Oddly enough, he seems to go after the longer words--such as avocado and alligator--instead of words such as car or blanket.

I took this video as he was going through the box of avocados my uncle recently shipped to us.