No Way!

 Aeli has a couple real words now!

He's been using signs for a long time (more, all done, uh-oh, and this shrug thing he uses like "I don't know how that happened, Mom.  I really don't."), but suddenly on Wednesday he decided to bust out with a verbal whammy! 

I was changing his diaper and Shelly was telling me about Aeli making a lot of noise at the restaurant that day at lunch, banging on the table and what-not.  I looked at him and said, "Aeli, making noise?  No way!" and did a little hand gesture to go with it.

"No wey!" he repeated. 

Mind you, his word for "kitty cat" has sounded like "gi--ga" for months, so this seems like a remarkable milestone.

Also, he's decided to verbally announce "oh-oh" when he "drops" (or throws) something on the ground, and also offers and asks for kisses by puckering his lips and leaning toward you. 

This kid is THE BEST!