As he gets closer to being a year and a half, Avyaan is adding new words to his vocabulary, some that we recognize, some we don't. So, a 'Truck' is 'ka', 'Pants' is 'Ta', 'T-Shirt' is 'Dadada', 'Tikka' is 'Kakka' and so on. But his favorite, by a long distance, is 'Gaya', which is the Hindi word for 'Gone', or 'Went'.
'Gaya' is something he instinctively picked up a few months ago when we would point at vehicles driving by, and telling him - 'Truck gaya', ' Car gayi' etc. Now, every time some walks by, or a vehicle drives by, it's 'Gaya'. Every time you ask him to show you something in his books, and he can't figure out what it is, or he doesn't want to turn the page, it's 'Gaya'. Every time you ask him to bring you something and he can't find it, it's 'Gaya'. If he's in the middle of a crying fit, and you ask him, 'Truck kidhar hai?', he'll stop for a few seconds, compose himself, shout 'Gaya', and resume crying.
You don't even have to be talking to him. He may be in another room and Prajakta and I may be talking about something or searching something Avyaan may have hidden in one of his many stowaway places, and we'll ask where the said thing may be. 'GAYA!!!' comes the response from the other room!
