A Fly on the Wall

Here are a few words and phrases you're likely to hear in the Johnson house these days.  A little sampling of Nicky's current vocabulary, if you will... 

whatcha talkin bout momma? 
Nicky's version of "I don't know what you're talking about" - a phrase usually said by Momma and Daddy when we don't understand what he's saying or when he utters random things such as "there tiger in tree" - when clearly there is no tiger to be seen.  Now Nicky says this to us to be silly.

oooOOOooohhhhhh!
Said after our response to a question Nicky has asked (see "what dis car?" below).  He says this one a lot - over and over - quite annoying - and after telling him so, he's now changed it up a bit (see OOOkkkAAAYYY below).

um maybe (insert word here), maybe (insert word here)...
When we ask Nicky a question and he doesn't know the answer, he will say this while trying to get to the right answer.  i.e. Momma: "Nicky, what did you have for snack today?"  Nicky: "um maybe fruit, maybe amel craker."

what dis car? (or what dis chair/table/shirt...you get the picture)
Nicky's way of asking a question that he knows most of the answer to - as in "i know this is a chair, but it's different than the other one..." kind of thing.  After we tell him he will say "oooOOOooohhhhhh!".

OOOkkkAAAYYY...
Either used in place of oooOOOooohhhhhh! or along with.  This is said after he asks a question and we answer.  Hard to tell if he actually understood the answer, because he tends to say this before we're even done answering.  He also says this when we ask him to do something (wash hands, put on shoes...), and our tone might be a little agitated...he'll mimic our tone while saying it.

renstraun...
This is how he says restaurant.  As in "we eatin dinner at renstraun or home?".

yesserday...
Anything that happened in the past is "yesserday".  i.e. "momma.  i fall down yesserday" - when it was actually 30 minutes ago while getting out of Daddy's car.

morrow...
Anything that happens in the future (even if it's 5 minutes, 2 hours, 1 week, etc) is considered "morrow".  He might see an airplane flying over head and will say "i fly that rayprane morrow."  (rayprane = airplane...he used to say airpene, somehow it evolved...)

And lastly...

bailey nice now!
This is said at completely random times throughout the day; usually when he sees Bailey walking around or if she's laying on the couch in the spot in which he wants to sit.  You see, Nicky and Bailey have had quite the tumultuous relationship.  When we first brought him home, he was terrified of the dogs.  Then he got a little more used to them and would pester them repeatedly.  On one such day, while Bailey was eating, Nicky decided to poke at her.  And, well, let's just say he has a scar on his cheek that is slowly fading away.  Now I suppose Bailey is a little more tolerant of Nicky and doesn't snarl at him so much - even cuddles with him at times, in which Nicky will say "bailey nice now".