Well our little nonsense yammer-er is starting to make real words. And it's happening fast and some of the words are not words that I ever thought we used a lot...so I wonder where she learns them (like ball and baby). As of now, her repertoire of words includes:
NO
hi
mama and dada (she uses them intentionally most of the time)
ga (dog); da (yoda) - she tends to use these interchangeably
oooof (woof)
rowwww (meow)
baby
ball - today while we were walking outside Concord High she looked up and saw a column outside the school that had a ball shape at the top of it, and she pointed and said, "BA!" I couldn't believe it!
I also think that "da" is diaper because she does it while patting her diaper (and today she did that and then pooped. Like she was telling me... oh and by the way, last night she pooped in the tub for the first time. Ha! Tom was home with her while I was out at dinner - lucky daddy).
we'll keep you updated - when will she start talking BACK?
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
An explanation
We are very sorry for our lack of blogging this past week. There are a few reasons as to why:
1. Tom's class is still dissecting cats and taking pictures on our camera - GROSS - so I have not wanted to upload pictures onto my computer because it would include cat guts.
2. We can't find our camera cord so even if I wanted to upload cat guts, I couldn't.
3. We (Tom) have been working like crazy to get our house fixed up and it's looking really great! What have I (Heidi) been up to? Her name is Amelia and she has learned how to say "no." Two "no" stories from today:
1. This morning when I was really hoping that she would be ready for a nap because she didn't sleep much last night and was up at 5am, I said, "Amelia, are you ready for your nap?" And she looked me dead on, said NO and then waved good-bye to me as she walked out of the room.
2. After the nap, which she actually went down for quite easily even though she thought otherwise, I asked her to come over to me so I could change her diaper, and , again, she said, NO. No waving this time, though.
So , here are pictures to tide you over until we figure out our camera cord/cat dissecting situation!
1. Tom's class is still dissecting cats and taking pictures on our camera - GROSS - so I have not wanted to upload pictures onto my computer because it would include cat guts.
2. We can't find our camera cord so even if I wanted to upload cat guts, I couldn't.
3. We (Tom) have been working like crazy to get our house fixed up and it's looking really great! What have I (Heidi) been up to? Her name is Amelia and she has learned how to say "no." Two "no" stories from today:
1. This morning when I was really hoping that she would be ready for a nap because she didn't sleep much last night and was up at 5am, I said, "Amelia, are you ready for your nap?" And she looked me dead on, said NO and then waved good-bye to me as she walked out of the room.
2. After the nap, which she actually went down for quite easily even though she thought otherwise, I asked her to come over to me so I could change her diaper, and , again, she said, NO. No waving this time, though.
So , here are pictures to tide you over until we figure out our camera cord/cat dissecting situation!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wow.
So the last two days with Amelia have shown me that HOLY #$%! we have a small person in our house, not a baby. Sigh. My baby is not a baby.
Situation #1: Amelia and I went out to lunch yesterday because we didn't have any food at home (yes, you read that correctly, we finally made it home despite much foot dragging on our part...) Anywho, she is sitting there in her high chair being adorable -- she kept waving at another woman who was having lunch there and she would give this big toothy grin at her every few minutes. She's slowly eating (she's a slow eater like her momma) and after awhile starts throwing food on the floor. I do the usual, "Are you done?" and I signed the sign language sign for "done." I have been doing this sign language thing since she was six months old and will admit I have grown weary of it. I know she understands what we say to her and I do the sign OVER AND OVER and she DOES NOT SIGN BACK. It has gotten annoying. Well, yesterday she looks me dead on and does the sign! I couldn't believe it! So I pull her out of her high chair and we get ready to go home. I wondered if it was a fluke?
Situation #2: This morning Amelia is getting fussy and it's time for her morning nap. I did the sign for "nap/bed" and she also did it back to me. When I see her do it I realize she has been doing this one for awhile, but I didn't realize it. I again wonder if this is a fluke...
Situation #3: This afternoon around naptime she was acting fussy and so I do the sign again. She doesn't sign back. I decided to give it some time and about 15 minutes later, I tried again. Nothing. I decide to give it some more time - after all, she is not THAT fussy. About 15 minutes after that, she looks at me across the room and SHE DOES THE SIGN all by herself! I could NOT believe it. So I scooped her up and we went into her room and she took a nap! Recently we have realized how much she understands what she says to us - but now she's showing us that she can communicate back. I'm going to find two new signs to introduce this weekend and see how long it takes her to pick them up (hopefully not another 6 months :))
We'll put some new pictures up soon...
Situation #1: Amelia and I went out to lunch yesterday because we didn't have any food at home (yes, you read that correctly, we finally made it home despite much foot dragging on our part...) Anywho, she is sitting there in her high chair being adorable -- she kept waving at another woman who was having lunch there and she would give this big toothy grin at her every few minutes. She's slowly eating (she's a slow eater like her momma) and after awhile starts throwing food on the floor. I do the usual, "Are you done?" and I signed the sign language sign for "done." I have been doing this sign language thing since she was six months old and will admit I have grown weary of it. I know she understands what we say to her and I do the sign OVER AND OVER and she DOES NOT SIGN BACK. It has gotten annoying. Well, yesterday she looks me dead on and does the sign! I couldn't believe it! So I pull her out of her high chair and we get ready to go home. I wondered if it was a fluke?
Situation #2: This morning Amelia is getting fussy and it's time for her morning nap. I did the sign for "nap/bed" and she also did it back to me. When I see her do it I realize she has been doing this one for awhile, but I didn't realize it. I again wonder if this is a fluke...
Situation #3: This afternoon around naptime she was acting fussy and so I do the sign again. She doesn't sign back. I decided to give it some time and about 15 minutes later, I tried again. Nothing. I decide to give it some more time - after all, she is not THAT fussy. About 15 minutes after that, she looks at me across the room and SHE DOES THE SIGN all by herself! I could NOT believe it. So I scooped her up and we went into her room and she took a nap! Recently we have realized how much she understands what she says to us - but now she's showing us that she can communicate back. I'm going to find two new signs to introduce this weekend and see how long it takes her to pick them up (hopefully not another 6 months :))
We'll put some new pictures up soon...
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