Hungry?

Over the past couple days, Momily and I had been debating whether Mather has added the sign for "hungry". It's not one we've shown her much, mainly using the simpler "to eat" sign (fingers near the mouth!). The sign for hungry is running your finger down along your sternum. Momily has shown it to her a couple times, but it never really took.

So Mather and I were in the Panhandle Playground this morning and having a good time playing in the sand and on the slides. After a little while, she noticed her bag off in one corner and headed over towards it -- repeatedly running her hand up and down her belly as if it were a guitar. When I opened her bag for her, she said "sauce!" and mimed a spooning motion. She was asking for her applesauce! Since I didn't have any, we headed home so she could have her fill. But it's clear she's now added the sign for hungry (or her modified version...).

Feeding the Troll

Run time - 2:50

Bragging Rights

I'd like to take this opportunity to brag about my brilliant child...

Mather can say (within context) the following words:

All done
All gone
Ball
Banana
Bath
Bib
Book
Bottle
Bunny
Bye-bye
Cat
Cereal
Chair
Cheese
Daddy
Duckie
Go
Happy
Hat
Help
Hi
Home
Jacket
Keys
Mommy
Nanna (Grandma Julie)
Okay
Open
Puppy
Ready
Sit
Uh-oh
Slide
Up
Water

Mather can sign the following words:

Again
All done
Bear
Eat
Hat
Help
Hi & Bye-bye waves
Milk
More
Pacifier (more of a noise than a sign)
Water

Mather's favorite activities include:

Chasing (running)
Being chased, caught, and tickled!
Dancing
Kissing
Climbing stairs and play structures
Playing in the bathtub
Sliding
Asking mommy and daddy to read the same book over and over again through a combination of saying "book" and signing "again".

Additions from Nanna Julie: she also says blueberry (three syllables with the b's in the right spot), and a consistent vocalization of "raggedy ann" as she drags her from spot to spot. I'm sure she thinks she is saying "raggedy ann". Then there is "wheeeee", and don't forget "eeieeio" as when singing along to old macdonald had a farm - she's always ready with the chorus.

And now, I'd like to captivate you with her cuteness...

Playing "bag lady".
She found her rainhat and a bag of yarn.
She ran around the house in a very joyous mood!

Momily made a hat for Mather from the yarn that was in the bag.
It's a little big but she'll grow into it.

Look at her go!
And look at her curly locks peeking out from under the hat!

The best ride in town!
Her first trips down the concrete slides in Golden Gate Park.

Always signing for "more" when she hits the bottom.

Unless she's preoccupied being tickled by her Daddy.

Check out the new tooth!
There are three molars that all came in within a few weeks
of this front tooth, and there are probably more close behind.
She's had a runny nose (as evidenced by the giant booger in the picture)
and a "drool cough" for about a month now - those are her teething signs.

"All done!" making a mess and clapping about how happy it makes her!