Lots of people have asked how much English Charli knows and conversely how much Korean we know. The answer to both questions is very little. The social worker in Korea wrote out some of Charli's key words to help us. For instance we know that "dunga" means she needs to go potty and that "oyoo" means milk. They told us she spoke 2 word Korean sentences. I think they were wrong about that. She will often go on for what feels like a paragraph rather than a two word sentence. Oh if only we knew what she was saying. I have no doubt that somewhere in there is the phrase "crazy white people."
In the last two weeks she has started saying several English words. Her English vocabulary includes, "owie, peek a boo, banana, orange, hi, bye, beep (when she beeps your nose), ding, puppy (though she thinks all stuffed animals are called puppy) and Charli (yes, she can say her name but doesn't associate it with herself yet). She also does the signs for more and all done. We are very impressed with the speed that she is picking up English and signing.
She also communicates in the language of two year olds....grunting and pointing. That we understand quite well.
Edited to add that because she is the 4th child in this home she also says, "come on," "stop it," and "no, no, no."
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