Huelan keeps us constantly amused and amazed with her growing vocab. We are trying to get her to be bilingual, and we are seeing the early signs of her picking it up. About 90% of what she hears everyday is english, and she defnitely understands a lot of what she hears. About 90% of what she hears from Ba is Vietnamese, though, and it looks like it's making an impact. She has probably 3-4 VN words of her 15-18 total words. We've got a long way to go!
Though I think her first word was Ba, I don't really count that as her first Vietnamese word. Her first VN word is probably "nuoc," which means water. When we were in Maui, the first second we got to the beach, she must have exclaimed "Nuoc!" 40 times in succession- it was awesome.
She is also getting very good with names. She can't say as many names as she knows, but when we say names from our families, she will point to the correct person without hesitation. My favorite name, though, is the one she gave herself. About two months ago, Gosia told me that Huelan would point to the mirror and call herself Nyo-Nyo. When we point to her and ask her, "Who's that?" she'll answer, through her dimply, toothy smile, "Nyo-Nyo!" We could do it all day, and sometimes we do.
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