Our little Josiah is such a chatter box. As I sit here by the computer, he is finishing up his lunch at the table across the room. He's calling to me - "hey! I yahd you!" and "rrrrroar - rrrroar - I'm tiger, sheep, cow" (I guess he can't decide which), just now he said "brush teeth! brush teeth!" and made other less distinguishable sounds which he giggled about as he said them.
Just yesterday he started saying "I love you!" (sounds like I yahd you) and last week, "Bless you!" when I sneezed. He's very funny. He switches topics every few seconds. He knows he's funny, and he laughs at his own "jokes" every time he cracks one. He calls Nathaniel either "Nayo" or "bra-er" (brother). He recently started using 3-4 word statements, too. He loves to shout "let's go!" and "here you go!" He also loves to count - at random times, usually in ordered sets of three such as "2,3,4, chatter, chatter, 8,9,10!" And occasionally supplies the missing word in a song we're singing or in a bible verse we are learning with Nathaniel. It is clear that he listens all the time, by the way he inserts words at appropriate places.
I am amazed at how well he communicates and I appreciate this when I try to help him and he can express himself. He knows the word "no!" all too well, and has begun to talk back at me, too. Who taught him that?! I am pretty sure he would have learned it, and used it in rebellion, whether or not Nathaniel had modeled it for him.