Photo Op

So it's getting to be that Andrei will try to say just about any word you ask him to. You say "You say it" to just about anything and he'll give it a try. And depending on the word, it can come out with some pretty decent pronounciation.

When I say pretty good I mean that we can understand it and be able to translate it to other adults. So it means that his vocabulary is skyrocketing to, and this is really only a guess, well over a hundred words. There are a number of words in which his pronounciation is good enough for any adult to understand, and one of them is "Cheese".

Now where this is going is that we've been having a tough time getting Andrei to smile for photos. Usually he just squints at the camera when we ask him to smile. Well, we figured, that since he can say "cheese" pretty well, maybe we should start getting him to "Say Cheese" to the camera.

The results are a bit mixed. Here's a shot with Andrei saying "Cheese".