"doggie" and the cow goes "moo"???

so boden is starting to add some more words to his list. the latest and greatest has been to say "doggie." gramma and uncle robbie had the distinct privilege to be the first to hear him say doggie while they were here this past weekend. for a little while i have thought i could link some 'd' sounding gibberish when he would see a dog, but not sure if it was intentional. well, saturday morning eric and i went on our conception day run (those of you that don't know are probably fortunate, those of you that do know probably wish you didn't), otherwise known as 'run thru the rapids' in gr, and when we returned gramma and uncle robbie were super proud to report that boden said doggie that morning. of course, mom and dad were skeptical until later that day while he was playing with one of his stuffed dogs and repeatedly and clearly said doggie. when i tell people that one of boden's first words is doggie (or that he really seems to like dogs), their immediate reply is "do you have a dog?," which of course we don't. there has often been times that i have told eric i would like to get one, and he reminds me that i really don't like dogs.... so, who is he taking after? aunt lynae? she likes cats (one of her first words was kitty).... auntie liz? she has three dogs and dreams of having more. we were over there tonight and boden sure does love them. doesn't mind them licking him all over his face, walks after them, and squeals with delight.

around the same time (i think it was after gramma and uncle robbie left), boden was playing with a plastic cow that goes with his farm wagon and started to 'moo'. later i noticed he was 'mooing' when he saw a cow in a book. seems pretty appropriate that 'mooing' would be his first animal sound. we have been out a few times here recently to look at the cows at the farm and boden has seemed really interested in them. papa would have been very proud if i could have gotten boden to 'moo' for him when he stopped by on monday. of course he didn't want to perform on cue and papa commented that boden seemed out of it and was it soon time for his nap. little did papa know that if we were writing a book, he would have been part of the foreshadowing of things to come. after papa left i put boden down for a nap and when he awoke was burning up with fever. guess he wasn't feeling too good at that point already. anyway, boden loves to 'moo' now and he is so thrilled with his new found animal making abilities that he seems to think that all animals 'moo'. when we see a dog he 'moos', when we see a cat he 'moos', when he sees any of his stuffed animals he 'moos', animals in a book - 'moo'....you get the picture :) actually, it is pretty cute. and i am choosing to think that this shows how smart he really is. what? you may say? well, he is able to categorize animals into the same group right? so far i haven't heard him 'moo' at anything other than animals. it is the same thing with 'car'. he calls a van, a suv, a truck, his toy tractor, a car in a commercial on tv, papa's combine, the sky track down the street, vehicles in his books - all are cars. pretty impressive to recognize that they are all the same type of thing, right? am i a proud mama or what?!?! :)