Vivi's using the early summer to enlarge her talking abilities every day. Sunday at dinner, she was acting especially silly, so Shannon told her, "You're such a monkey!" She laughed in hercute way and said, "Nah-nah a monkey!" - "Not a monkey!" For Vivi, that's a conversation.
Lately she's also adding a lot of words that sound nonsensical but that are, we're pretty sure, actually just unrecognizable. Sometimes Julia can decipher these words, which she's happy to do. But so far we're all mystified by one recurring word, "Addabopoo!" It could be straight-up craziness, but I won't be surprised if this one turns out to me something like, "I"m having fun," because that seems to be the only determinable context.