Jonah has always been a verbal kid -- a fact his mother, never short on words herself, finds unsurprising. In fact, for a while now has has been speaking in complete sentences, which he delivers in a very animated and emphatic manner. Unfortunately, however, to our adult ears, his sentences are almost completely unintelligible. Still it's pretty amazing to hear Jonah immitate the patterns of adult communication.
And we can see that in not too long, Jonah's sentences will turn into words we can fully understand. His vocabulary has continued to grow over the last few months, and in recent weeks it has really blossomed. And overall his pronunciation has gotten quite good, although there are a few really cute mispronunciations that we can't bear to correct ("opie," for open; and "tummel," for tunnel). He's mastered the two-word sentence -- for example, "up bed" (I'd like to get up on the bed now, please) and "no shoes" (pretty self-explanatory, I think) -- and longer sentences seem like they're right over the horizon.
Here's an example of where he's at now, showing off his pronunciation skills:
